Ebakorrapärasele

Ebakorrapärasele is the allative singular form of the Estonian adjective ebakorrapärane, which means irregular or nonstandard. In Estonian grammar this adjective is used to describe patterns, forms, or phenomena that do not follow regular rules. The form ebakorrapärasele is specifically employed when the noun it modifies is in the allative case, conveying a sense of direction toward or reference to the irregular thing.

Morphology and usage context

As an inflected adjective, ebakorrapärane agrees with its noun in number and case. When placed before a noun in the allative, the adjective takes the allative ending, resulting in ebakorrapärasele. This form appears primarily in descriptive or analytical linguistics, where analysts discuss irregular inflection, conjugation, or pronunciation. In standard, everyday Estonian prose, the phrase ebakorrapärasele is less common and is more typical of linguistic examples, glosses, or scholarly discussions.

Semantic note

The term signals a focus on irregularity rather than on any particular irregular pattern. It is used to label or designate irregular forms, classes, or behaviors within a broader analysis of language data. Because Estonian lacks a definite article, the adjective often serves to point to a specific irregular item or set within a larger description.

Example usage

A common phrase in academic writing is ebakorrapärasele vormile viitav märkus, meaning a note referring to the irregular form. The construction illustrates how the allative form of the adjective integrates into a noun phrase used for analytic purposes. See also ebakorrapärane for the base adjective and related terms describing irregular language phenomena.