yleisyydellä

Yleisyydellä is the adessive form of the Finnish noun yleisyys, which means universality, generality, or commonness. In Finnish, the adessive case is used to indicate a relation such as “in terms of,” “with respect to,” or “on the basis of.” Thus yleisyydellä refers to the notion of generality or broad applicability from a perspective or within a context.

Etymology and meaning: yleisyys is formed from yleinen (general, common) with the abstract noun suffix -syys. The adessive suffix -llä yields yleisyydellä, which commonly translates to “in terms of generality” or “by universality.” In practice, the form is used to discuss how general or widely applicable a statement, principle, phenomenon, or result is.

Usage: yleisyydellä is most often found in scholarly, philosophical, or analytical prose. It is used to frame statements about scope and applicability. Common constructions include phrases like “tämän ilmiön yleisyydellä” (the universality/generality of this phenomenon) or “tutkimuksen yleisyydellä mitataan sen sovellettavuutta” (the universality of the study measures its applicability). The term signals a focus on breadth rather than on singular or limited cases.

Related terms: yleisyys (nominative), yleisyyden (genitive), as well as broader discussions of universality and generality in Finnish linguistic and scholarly contexts.

See also: yleisyys, generality, universality in Finnish, linguistic case forms.