Tulehtuneelle

Tulehtuneelle is the allative singular form of the Finnish participial adjective tulehtunut, meaning inflamed or infected. It functions as an attributive modifier that agrees with a noun in the allative case, indicating the target or recipient of an action related to inflammation. In medical and pharmacological language, tulehtuneelle is commonly used with a noun in the allative form to specify where treatment or attention is directed.

Morphology and usage

In Finnish, adjectives that modify a noun take endings that match the noun’s case. When the noun is in the allative case (ending in -lle), the related adjective form also appears in its corresponding allative form, yielding tulehtuneelle. The phrase effectively means “to the inflamed,” “for the inflamed,” or “onto the inflamed” depending on context. Tulehtuneelle rarely stands alone; it appears with a noun such as iholle (on/to the skin), limakalvolle (to the mucous membrane), or haavalle (to the wound).

Examples

- Käytä voidetta tulehtuneelle iholle. (Apply cream to the inflamed skin.)

- Sidos asetettiin tulehtuneelle haavalle. (The bandage was placed on the inflamed wound.)

- Hoitoa annettiin tulehtuneelle limakalvolle. (Treatment was given to the inflamed mucous membrane.)

Notes

Tulehtuneelle is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item. It reflects Finnish’s rich case and agreement system, and is most often encountered in medical or descriptive contexts describing surface or tissue inflammation.

See also

Finnish grammar, allative case, participles, medical Finnish vocabulary.