kumipeitteiselle

Kumipeitteiselle is the allative singular form of the Finnish adjective kumipeitteinen, meaning rubber-coated or rubberized. The base kumipeitteinen is formed from kumi (rubber) and peite (covering) with the common -inen adjective suffix. When used with a noun in the allative case, the adjective’s form remains in its base meaning while the noun carries the -lle ending to indicate direction toward or target of an action.

In practice, kumipeitteiselle appears in phrases where the noun it modifies is in the allative case. For example, kun mittaan kohdetta, liimaa kiinnitetään kumipeitteiselle pinnalle, meaning “adhesive is applied to the rubber-coated surface.” The corresponding plural form kumipeitteisille would mean “to the rubber-coated surfaces.” The form kumipeitteiselle itself does not stand alone as a noun; it is an inflected adjective in a specific case.

Usage notes: kumipeitteinen describes a surface or object that has a rubber coating. The allative form kumipeitteiselle is used to indicate the destination or target of an action, not possession. Finnish allows a range of syntactic constructions with adjectives in inflected forms, but kumipeitteiselle typically appears in contexts involving movement, placement, or direction toward a rubber-coated item.

See also: Finnish grammar, allative case, kumipeitteinen, kumi.