illepäätteinen

Illepäätteinen is a Finnish linguistic term used to describe word forms that end with the allative suffix -lle. The term is formed from ille, the allative case marker, and päätteinen, meaning ending. It is primarily employed in descriptive grammar and lexicography to label allative forms of nouns and pronouns, rather than to denote a separate grammatical class.

In Finnish, the allative case expresses direction toward something or a recipient in certain contexts. It is formed by attaching -lle to the noun stem (for example, talo → talolle, koulu → koululle, järvi → järvelle). An illepäätteinen form, therefore, is a form whose surface ending is -lle, typically the result of applying the allative case.

Examples of il­lepäät­teinen forms include talolle (to the house), koululle (to the school), kaupungille (to the city), and järvelle (to the lake). The label helps grammarians and language learners distinguish allative endings from other case endings, such as illative endings (-iin, -iin), or other suffixal forms.

Notes and limitations: Not every word ending in -lle is necessarily analyzed as illepäätteinen in every reference, since some phrases or fixed expressions may behave differently in grammar annotations. The term is mainly a descriptive tag used in Finn­ish grammar and teaching materials to indicate allative-endings, not a distinct lexical category.

See also: Finnish language, Finnish case system, allative, illative, -lle suffix, päätteinen.