sängyissä

Sängyissä is a Finnish noun form meaning “in the beds.” It is the inessive plural form of sänky, which means bed. The inessive case marks location inside something, and in plural it is expressed with the suffix -issä, yielding sängyissä for “in the beds.” The singular inessive form is sängyssä (“in the bed”).

In practical use, sängyissä is employed when referring to more than one bed or to beds collectively, such as in a hospital ward, hotel, or a room with multiple beds. It contrasts with sängyssä, which means “in the bed” (singular) and is used when speaking about one bed.

Examples:

- Huoneessa on kaksi sänkyä, ja vieraat nukkuvat sängyissä. (The room has two beds, and the guests are sleeping in the beds.)

- Lapsi makaa sängyssä, mutta hänen siskonsa on vielä sängyissä. (The child lies in the bed, but his sister is still in the beds.)

Related forms include sänky (singular bed) and sänkyä, sängyn, sänkyjä, etc., which appear in other cases and numbers. The word is a common everyday noun in Finnish, used across contexts that involve multiple beds or the location of people or objects within beds.