Satunnaisille

Satunnaisille is a Finnish grammatical form defined as the allative plural of the adjective satunnainen, meaning random. It describes plural nouns that are the indirect object or recipient of an action in the allative case, and translates roughly as “to the random ones” or “for the random ones.” The form is used when the modified noun is plural and in the allative, for example in phrases like satunnaisille pelaajille, meaning “to/for the random players.”

Other related forms of the same adjective include satunnaiset (nominative plural), satunnaisia (partitive plural), satunnaisten (genitive plural), and satunnaisilla (adessive plural). The stem for these forms is satunnais-, with endings that mark case and number. Thus satunnaisille is part of a broader system of Finnish adjective declension used to agree with a noun in both number and case.

Usage notes: satunnaisille cannot stand alone; it requires a noun to modify, such as pelaajille (players), osallistujille (participants), or kokeille (tests). It is common in contexts involving random selection, allocation, or targeting within events, studies, or software interfaces. The term emphasizes the characteristic of randomness while tying the description to multiple recipients in the allative case.

Etymology: derived from the root satunnais-, which in turn comes from satunnainen (random). Related concepts include satunnaisuus (randomness) and satunnaisesti (randomly).

See also: Finnish grammar, allative case, adjectives in Finnish, noun-adjective agreement.