keväälle

Keväälle is the allative form of the Finnish noun kevät, meaning spring. In Finnish grammar, the allative suffix -lle marks direction toward something or a target of an action; therefore keväälle denotes movement toward spring or reference to spring as a destination. It is a grammatical form rather than a separate lexical item, and its use is relatively rare in everyday speech, appearing mainly in poetry, literary prose, or stylistic writing.

Formation and variants: keväälle is formed from kevät by adding the allative suffix -lle. Finnish also has other case forms for kevät, such as keväällä meaning “in spring” and kevääseen meaning “into spring.” The allative form keväälle is distinct and is not the default expression of time or direction for the season.

Usage: keväälle tends to appear in descriptive or figurative language, for example when describing movement toward spring, planning around the season, or attributing purpose to spring as a goal. Its frequency is low outside of literary contexts.

Translation and terminology: In English, keväälle is typically rendered as “to spring” or “toward spring,” depending on context. It is an example of how Finnish uses cases to indicate spatial and temporal relations with nouns.