Abstrakteihin

Abstrakteihin is a Finnish grammatical form that appears in formal writing and technical contexts. It is the illative plural form of the noun abstrakti, which can refer to an abstract (a summary of a scholarly article) or, less commonly, to abstract art. The form is used when the sentence requires the sense “to the abstracts” or “into abstracts,” indicating direction toward or inclusion in multiple abstracts.

Etymology and morphology: abstrakti is a loanword that entered Finnish from Latin via other European languages. In plural illative form, the word becomes abstrakteihin, reflecting Finnish case and number inflection. The corresponding singular forms are abstrakti (nominative) and abstraktin (illative singular), while the basic plural nominative is abstraktit. Understanding abstrakteihin often depends on recognizing it as a destination or target of action in a sentence.

Usage: Abstrakteihin is most common in written Finnish, especially in academic, bibliographic, or conference contexts. It may appear in discussions about multiple abstracts, in lists or indexes, or in sentences that describe actions directed toward abstracts. Typical collocations include abstrakteihin liittyvät kysymykset (questions related to abstracts) and abstrakteihin sisältyvät tiedot (information contained in abstracts).

Limitations: Because abstrakti can also denote an individual abstract in a document, readers should rely on surrounding context to determine whether abstrakteihin refers to multiple abstracts or to abstracts as a topic. In everyday Finnish, the term is relatively specialized and less common outside academic or professional discourse.

See also: abstrakti, abstraktit, tiivistelmä, finnish grammar (illative cases).