Prepositsioonilisele

Prepositsioonilisele is the allative singular form of the Estonian adjective prepositsiooniline, meaning “prepositional.” In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number, so their forms change to reflect the noun’s grammatical role. The suffix -lisele marks the allative case in the singular for this adjective, so prepositsioonilisele is used before a noun that is in the allative case.

This form appears primarily in linguistic descriptions, grammar texts, or dictionaries where the author wants to illustrate how adjectives decline to match different cases. In ordinary prose, speakers typically use the noun in the allative with the appropriate adjective form without highlighting the allative variant, or they restructure the phrase to avoid long inflection chains.

Example usage can be seen in phrases such as prepositsioonilisele olukorrale, which would translate roughly to “to the prepositional situation.” In sentences, the adjective thus agrees with the noun in the allative case, ensuring grammatical harmony within the prepositional or directional phrase.

Summary: prepositsioonilisele is the allative singular inflection of the Estonian adjective prepositsiooniline, used when describing a noun that is in the allative case. It is mainly encountered in linguistic and grammatical contexts, reflecting how Estonian adjectives inflect for case to maintain agreement with the noun they modify. See also prepositsiooniline and Estonian case system.