Öljyisellä

Öljyisellä is a Finnish adjective form meaning oily or greasy, and it functions as the adessive singular form of the base adjective öljyinen. It is used to describe surfaces, areas, or objects that are coated with oil or carry an oil film, indicating a state or condition rather than a permanent characteristic.

In everyday and technical language, öljyisellä answers questions about location or condition. For example, on the road you might say that the surface is "öljyisellä tiellä" (on an oily road), or you could refer to the condition of a surface as "öljyisellä pinnalla" (on an oily surface). The form is common in safety warnings, accident reports, kitchen or workshop notes, and other contexts where oil on a surface creates a hazard or affects handling.

The term differs from the base adjective öljyinen in emphasis. Öljyinen describes something inherently oily, while öljyisellä emphasizes the present state or surface contamination, often in relation to a specific location. Like other Finnish adjectives, öljyinen and its inflected forms, including öljyisellä, agree with the noun they modify in number and case.

Etymologically, öljyisellä is built from the noun öljy (oil) plus the suffix -inen, with the adessive case ending -llä attached. Related forms include öljyinen (oily) and adverbial or comparative variants such as öljyisesti (oilily, in an oily manner).