sovellettavilla

Sovellettavilla is the inflected form of the Finnish adjective sovellettava, meaning applicable or in force. It is used in Finnish legal, administrative, and policy language to describe provisions, rules, or conditions that apply to a given subject, group, or situation.

Usage of sovellettavilla is common when listing items to which regulations pertain, especially in formal texts such as statutes, contracts, and compliance documents. The form signals that the referenced regulations or guidelines are binding for the entities or circumstances mentioned. It is one of several inflected forms of sovellettava that adapt to different grammatical cases and numbers in Finnish.

In practice, sovellettavilla is often contrasted with related forms such as sovellettavissa (applicable or enforceable in a given situation) and with the noun-derived term sovellettavuus (the state or degree of applicability). The choice of form depends on grammatical context, including case, number, and whether the reference is predicative or part of a noun phrase.

Etymologically, sovellettavilla derives from the verb stem sovelta-, meaning to apply, combined with the adjective suffixes that create a form suitable for describing what is to be applied to particular referents. In everyday Finnish, speakers may instead use simpler expressions like sovellettavat säännöt, depending on the context and register. Sovellettavilla remains a technical, formal option most often found in official texts and legal language.