ehdokkaalla
Ehdokkaalla is a Finnish word form derived from ehdokas, meaning “candidate.” It is the adessive singular form of the noun, and as a grammatical inflection it does not denote a separate concept. Instead, ehdokkaalla marks location or association with a candidate within a sentence. The adessive case in Finnish typically indicates where something is or is connected to something, and ehdokkaalla is therefore used in election and political contexts to describe relations involving a candidate.
In practice, ehdokkaalla appears most often as part of compound phrases describing the status or placement
Ehdokkaalla is not a standalone political term; it is one of several case forms used to express
- The most common election-related compounds use the base idea of candidacy with additional morphemes, e.g., ehdokaslistalla
- Correct usage depends on context and grammatical structure of the sentence.