varustuksella

Varustuksella is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun varustus, meaning equipment, gear, or outfit. Specifically, varustuksella is the adessive singular, used to indicate that something is done with equipment or that something is equipped with certain gear. In practical use, it expresses the instrument or means involved in an action.

Etymology and grammar: Varustus comes from the verb varustaa, meaning to equip or provide. The suffix -lla marks the adessive case, which in Finnish often conveys “with” or “on/at” in a sense of instrumentality or accompaniment. Therefore varustuksella literally reads as “with the equipment” or “by means of the equipment.” The form can accept possessive modifiers to specify whose equipment is involved (for example, varustuksellaan = with his/her equipment) and can appear in various syntactic positions as an instrumental phrase.

Usage notes: Varustuksella is commonly used in military, industrial, and sports contexts to describe actions performed using particular gear, tools, or outfits. It emphasizes the equipment as the means or condition for the activity. The term is most often encountered with phrases that name the equipment or with pronouns indicating ownership or association.

Examples:

- Sotilas lähti taisteluun varustuksellaan. (The soldier went into battle with his equipment.)

- Hän suoritti tehtävän varustuksellaan nykyaikaisella työkalulla. (He completed the task with modern tools.)

See also: Varustus (equipment), Varustaminen (to equip), Varusteet (equipment items).