kunnioittavalle
Kunnioittavalle is a Finnish grammatical form that derives from the adjective or present active participle kunnioittava, meaning respectful or honoring. The form kunnioittavalle is the allative singular ending -lle attached to the participle, used to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action in contexts where the noun it would modify is understood from context.
In practice, kunnioittavalle signals “to/for the respectful one” or “to/for the person who is respectful.” It
- It is not a common standalone word in ordinary speech; its use is more typical in grammatical
- In ordinary prose, speakers would usually rephrase with a full noun phrase (for example, kunnioittava henkilö)
- The form illustrates how Finnish can combine participial adjectives with case suffixes to indicate direction or
Related terms: kunnioittava (the base participle/adjective meaning “respectful”), kunnioitus (respect), kunnioittaa (to respect). Etymology traces kunnioittavalle