Piilotetulle

Piilotetulle is a Finnish linguistic term referring to a specific inflected form of the participle piilotettu (hidden). Derived from the verb piilottaa, meaning “to hide,” piilotettu is the past participle; when inflected to the allative case with the suffix -lle, the form piilotetulle meaning “to the hidden one” is produced. In Finnish, the allative case is used to indicate direction toward something or someone or the recipient of an action, and applying it to a participle yields a phrase that can function as a noun phrase within sentences.

In usage, piilotetulle appears mainly in grammar descriptions, dictionaries, and language-learning materials as an example of case inflection involving adjectives or participles. It is not a common standalone lexical item in everyday Finnish. Native speakers would typically use other constructions to convey similar meaning in natural speech.

Related forms include the singular allative piilotetulle; other cases for the same stem include piilotettu (base participle), piilotetun (genitive), piilotetulla (adessive), and piilotetussa (inessive). The component piilottaa means “to hide,” and piilotettu describes something that has been hidden.

See also: Finnish language, Finnish grammar, participles, cases, allative case.