suuntautuville

Suuntautuville is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the allative plural of the present active participle suuntautuva, meaning oriented or direction-oriented. In practice, suuntautuville can be used to refer to a group described as being oriented toward a goal or field, with the allative -ille signaling the recipient or target of something.

Etymology and form: The base suuntautuva comes from the verb suuntautua, which means to orient toward or be directed toward. The suffix -va turns it into a present active participle meaning “oriented.” The allative plural ending -ille adds the sense of “to those” or “for those,” producing suuntautuville. This is primarily a grammatical and linguistic construction rather than a common everyday expression.

Usage: The form is most often encountered in linguistic description or in stylistic writing. In ordinary Finnish, speakers typically express the idea with separable phrases such as “ohjelma on suunnattu suuntautuville” (the program is aimed at those who are oriented toward the field) or reformulate with other target-group expressions rather than relying on the standalone suuntautuville. It is relatively uncommon outside specialized contexts.

Examples:

- Ohjelma on suunnattu suuntautuville.

- Tutkimus suuntautuu suuntautuville ryhmille.

See also: Finnish grammar, allative case, participles.