seurakunnille
Seurakunnille is the allative plural form of the Finnish noun seurakunta, meaning congregations or parishes. In Finnish grammar, the allative case marks direction toward a destination or recipient, so seurakunnille translates roughly as “to congregations” or “for congregations.” The form is commonly used in written and spoken Finnish to indicate who benefits from an action or who is the target of a program.
In usage, seurakunnille appears in contexts such as funding, services, training, and cooperation. Examples include phrases
Seurakunta refers to a church community or parish within the Finnish church system, most prominently in the
Etymologically, seurakunta is formed from seur- (gathering, company) and -kunta (a suffix referring to a group