füüsilisele

Füüsilisele is the allative singular form of the Estonian adjective füüsiline, meaning physical. In Estonian grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number. When the noun phrase is in the allative case (indicating direction toward something, marked by the suffix -le on the noun), the adjective also takes its corresponding allative form, which for this adjective is füüsilisele.

The use of füüsilisele occurs in phrases where the noun is in allative and the attribute specifies physical characteristics. Examples include füüsilisele inimesele (to the physical person), füüsilisele kehale (to the physical body), and füüsilisele maailmale (to the physical world). These forms allow speakers to express direction or recipient relationships while maintaining agreement between the adjective and the noun within the phrase.

In everyday Estonian, the base adjective füüsiline remains uninflected when placed before a nominative noun, while cases like allative require the corresponding inflected form on the adjective. Thus, füüsilisele is not a separate word with its own semantic meaning; it is a grammatical form used to ensure proper agreement in allative constructions.

See also: Estonian grammar, adjectives, noun cases, allative case.