ympyröillä

Ympyröillä is the plural adessive form of the Finnish noun ympyrä, meaning circle. In Finnish grammar, the adessive case (ending -lla/-llä) marks location or means, and the plural form ympyröillä translates to “on/at the circles” or “with the circles,” depending on the context. Thus ympyröillä is a word form used to refer to multiple circles either as a place where something is located or as a means or tools used in an activity.

Usage of ympyröillä occurs across fields such as geometry, design, and education, where circles are specifically mentioned as the subject or the instrument of action. The interpretation of a sentence with ympyröillä hinges on surrounding words and the intended sense—whether it describes location (on the circles) or means (with the circles).

Examples of use are common in instructional texts and descriptions of diagrams. For instance, a sentence might state that a grid or diagram is “merkitty ympyröillä” (marked with circles) or that a figure was “luotu ympyröillä” (created with circles). Such phrases illustrate how the form functions to convey spatial or instrumental relationships in Finnish.

See also: ympyrä (circle), adessive case in Finnish, Finnish grammar.