Eksentrisiin

Eksentrisiin is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective eksentrinen, meaning eccentric. It represents the illative plural form, used before a plural noun in illative case, for example eksentrisiin piirteisiin (“into eccentric traits”). In typical sentences it occurs in constructions that describe moving toward or engaging with eccentric features of a subject or object.

Grammatical notes: Finnish adjectives agree with the nouns they describe in number and case. The form eksentrisiin signals that the accompanying noun is plural and in the illative case. This form is one of several inflected variants of eksentrinen, such as the nominative eksentrinen and the partitive eksentristä. The illative plural ending -iin is common with nouns in illative, and adjectives preceding the noun take the corresponding illative plural form to match.

Etymology and meaning: Eksentrinen derives from the concept of deviating from a center, and in Finnish it carries the sense of unusual, unconventional, or odd traits. The illative plural eksentrisiin specifically marks that the description applies to multiple traits or features understood as being directed toward or involved with those eccentric aspects.

Usage: Eksentrisiin is used mainly in descriptive or academic prose when referring to multiple features or behaviors that are eccentric. It can appear in sentences discussing observations, analyses, or characterizations of eccentric traits. For example: “Tutkijat tarkastelivat eksentrisiin piirteisiin liittyviä ilmiöitä.” or “Kuvaus eksentrisiin piirteisiin viittaavaa käytöstä herätti keskustelua.”

See also: eksentrinen, eksentrisyys, excentric, eccentric.