käändelisele

Käändelisele is an Estonian grammatical term referring to the allative singular form of the adjective käändeline, which means “inflectional” or “case-related.” In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the noun in case and number, producing specific forms for different cases. Käändelisele is the form that corresponds to the allative singular.

Morphology and function: The form is created by applying the allative singular ending to the stem of the adjective käändeline. Like other adjective forms, käändelisele is used directly before a noun that is in the allative case, so the adjective and noun share the same case ending. In translation, käändelisele can be understood as “to the inflectional” or, more loosely, “inflectional to/for,” depending on the noun it modifies.

Usage: Käändelisele appears most often in linguistic descriptions, grammars, and dictionaries where Estonian word forms are cataloged by case. It is part of the broader system of adjective declension in Estonian. In everyday speech, speakers more commonly rely on common noun phrases and do not frequently need to reference the full spectrum of adjective cases, including käändelisele, outside educational or descriptive contexts.

Example (general sense): käändelisele nimele would be a phrase describing “to the inflectional name,” with both the adjective and noun in the allative singular. This illustrates how the form functions within Estonian’s case-based adjective agreement.

See also: Estonian language, Estonian grammar, noun declension, adjective declension, allative case, case endings in Estonian.

References: Standard references on Estonian grammar discuss adjective inflection and the allative form as part of the broader declension system.