epärehelliselle

Epärehelliselle is the allative singular form of the Finnish adjective epärehellinen, meaning dishonest. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in case and number, so epärehellinen takes forms such as epärehellinen (nominative), epärehelliselle (allative), epärehellisellä (inessive), and so on. The allative case, marked by the suffix -lle, signals direction toward or for something or someone, and is typically attached to the noun that the adjective modifies.

In practice, epärehelliselle appears in phrases where the adjective modifies a noun in the allative, for example epärehelliselle henkilölle (to the dishonest person) or epärehelliselle johtajalle (to the dishonest leader). Such usage is common in written Finnish, especially in formal, journalistic, or literary contexts, where the writer wants to specify the recipient or target of an action characterized by dishonesty.

Notes on usage and nuance: epärehelliselle is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical form. Its meaning derives from epärehellinen, and the allative form is chosen to match the case of the noun it describes. In everyday speech, speakers might instead use a simpler construction or rely on context; epärehelliselle remains most typical when the allative construction with an explicit noun is needed for clarity or emphasis.

See also: epärehellinen, Finnish adjective inflection, Finnish cases.