vallassa

Finnish

Noun

vallassa

inessive singular of valta
Kekkonen oli vallassa 26 vuotta.
Kekkonen stayed in power for 26 years.

Hän on pahojen henkien vallassa.
She is possessed by evil spirits.

Jos asia olisi minun vallassani...
If I had the power to decide...

Further reading

“vallassa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

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