Sadevedelle

Sadevedelle is the allative form of the Finnish noun sadevesi, meaning rainwater. The allative case, marked by the suffix -lle, signals direction toward something or the recipient of an action. Consequently, sadevedelle can be translated as "to rainwater" or "for rainwater," depending on context. It is primarily a grammatical form used in linguistic description and in technical or environmental texts that discuss rainwater resources or management.

In practical usage, sadevedelle appears mainly in written Finnish when explicit direction toward rainwater is needed. In everyday speech speakers typically refer to rainwater with sadevesi or with phrases such as sadeveden kerääminen (collecting rainwater) or sadeveden hyödyntäminen (utilization of rainwater). Sadevedelle may occur in phrases like sadevedelle tarkoitetussa järjestelmässä ("in a system intended for rainwater") or sadevedelle suunniteltu säiliö ("a tank designed for rainwater").

Etymology and related forms: sadevedelle is formed from sadevesi (rainwater) plus the allative suffix -lle. Other cases of sadevesi include sadeveden (genitive), sadevedessä (inessive), sadevedelta (elative), and sadevedelle (allative). The base word sadevesi combines sade ("rain") and vesi ("water").