Pysyvälle

Pysyvälle is a term used in Finnish linguistics to refer to the allative singular form of the adjective pysyvä, which means permanent or lasting. In Finnish grammar, adjectives decline for case and number, parallel to nouns, and the allative form marks direction toward a target or destination, including abstract states.

Morphology and formation: pysyvälle is formed by taking the stem pysyvä and adding the allative suffix -lle. This mirrors the treatment of adjectives in Finnish when they are used in contexts that require a destination or towardness to a state or place. The allative form of pysyvä contrasts with other inflected forms of the same adjective, such as pysyvän (genitive) or pysyvään (illative).

Usage and context: pysyvälle is relatively rare in everyday language and is primarily encountered in linguistic descriptions, grammar explanations, dictionaries, or academic writing. It may also appear in poetic or theoretical texts when discussing permanence as a concept or as an explicit grammatical example to illustrate adjective declension with the allative case. In typical prose, speakers are more likely to use the corresponding noun phrases or other constructions rather than rely on this specific adjective form without an explicit noun.

Relation to related forms: The root pysyvä has several inflected forms for different cases, including pysyvän (genitive), pysyvään (illative), pysyvää (partitive), and pysyvällä (adessive). The allative form pysyvälle completes this paradigm as the form used when the context calls for direction toward permanence or lasting state. Because it often accompanies an implied noun, pysyvälle rarely stands alone outside grammatical discussion.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjective declension, Finnish cases, allative case.