Epävakaalle

Epävakaalle is the allative singular form of the Finnish adjective epävakainen, meaning unstable. It is used when the noun it modifies is in the allative case, indicating direction toward or for that entity in contexts such as giving, sending, or addressing.

In practice, epävakaalle appears in phrases describing a noun described as unstable, where the entire noun phrase is in the allative. For example, epävakaalle alueelle means “to an unstable area,” and epävakaalle henkilölle means “to the unstable person.” The form thus combines the meaning of instability with the directional or recipient nuance encoded by the allative case.

Etymology and related forms: The adjective epävakainen derives from the root vak- with the privative prefix epi- indicating negation, yielding “unstable” or “not stable.” The noun form is epävakaus (instability). The allative suffix -lle is a common Finnish ending used for direction toward or for someone or something. Epävakaalle is therefore one inflected form among several that adjectives can take to agree with the case and number of the noun they modify.

Usage notes: Epävakaalle is not a stand-alone lexical entry but a grammatical form. It frequently appears in formal or descriptive Finnish, including journalism, policy discussions, and technical writing, whenever the discourse refers to unstable situations, places, or individuals in a directional or recipient sense.

See also: epävakainen, epävakaus, Finnish grammar, allative case.