väärille

Väärille is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective väärä, meaning wrong, false, or improper. It is the allative plural form, used with a plural noun to indicate “to the wrong ones” or “to the inappropriate recipients.” In practice, the form appears when describing multiple entities in the allative case, for example in phrases such as “väärille ihmisille” (to the wrong people) or “väärille kuulijoille” (to the wrong audience).

Grammatically, väärä behaves like other Finnish adjectives and agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. When the noun is plural and in the allative case, the adjective takes the corresponding allative plural ending, yielding väärille. The usage is naturally tied to contexts where someone directs actions, messages, or resources toward people who are considered unsuitable or incorrect recipients.

Usage notes and examples help clarify its role. Väärille is not a standalone noun; it functions as an adjective in a larger noun phrase. It is common in sentences that discuss misdirected communicative acts, misaddressed instructions, or judgments about who should receive something. For instance: “Ohjeet lähetettiin väärille ihmisille” (The instructions were sent to the wrong people), where the allative form marks the recipients.

In summary, väärille is the allative plural form of väärä, used to describe multiple recipients regarded as incorrect or inappropriate in Finnish. It illustrates how Finnish adjectives carry case endings to align with the grammatical role of the noun they describe.