täplillä

Täplillä is a Finnish grammatical form, not a separate lexical item. It is the adessive plural form of the noun täplä, which means spot, stain, or mark. The form expresses location or the attribute “on the spots” or “with spots” when describing a surface or object. The singular adessive form is täplällä.

In usage, täplillä appears primarily in descriptive or linguistic contexts and in phrases that describe patterned surfaces. For example, it can occur in constructions like a fabric described as “täplillä varustettu kangas” (a fabric with spots). In everyday language, speakers more commonly use adjectives such as täpläinen or täplikäs to convey a spotted appearance. The choice between using täplillä and an adjective can influence emphasis: täplillä foregrounds the surface as being adorned with spots, while an adjective highlights the quality of the object.

Etymology: täplillä is formed from täplä plus the standard locative suffix -llä (-llä in the plural form), a common Finnish pattern for indicating location or a characteristic associated with a surface.

See also:

- täplä

- täpläinen

- täplikäs

Overall, täplillä functions as a morphological form within Finnish grammar to denote spots on a surface, rather than as an independent lexical term used in everyday speech.