eikilpaileviin

Eikilpaileviin is not an established term in Finnish linguistics or standard dictionaries. In ordinary Finnish, a roughly equivalent expression would be ei kilpaileviin, written as two words, and meaning “to the non-competitive ones.” The form kilpaileviin is the illative plural of the adjective kilpaileva (competitive), which in Finnish can function in noun-like phrases to refer to a group described by the adjective. The illative plural ending -iin marks direction toward or into that group, so kilpaileviin can be translated as “to the competitive ones” or, in context, “to the ones who compete.”

The sequence ei kilpaileviin would thus convey negation of a directed relation to that group, roughly “not to the competitive ones.” Because Finnish typically keeps ei separate from the following phrase, eikilpaileviin as a single word is nonstandard and would generally be considered a typographical variant or a misrendering of two words.

In practice, the construction is mainly of interest for linguistic illustration rather than as a lexeme with independent meaning. It can serve as an example of how negation interacts with inflected adjective forms and with noun-like phrases in Finnish. The term has no formal entry in major language resources, and its use would be limited to descriptive or pedagogical discussions of Finnish grammar.

See also: kilpaileva, ei, illatiivi, Finnish grammar.