Elementaarisiin
Elementaarisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective elementaarinen, meaning "elementary" or "fundamental". As an inflected adjective, elementaarisiin indicates direction or movement into things described as elementary (for example, "siirtyä elementaarisiin käsitteisiin" — "to move on to elementary concepts").
Grammatical formation follows the common -nen adjective pattern: the base elementaarinen replaces the -nen ending with
Etymology traces to international roots in Latin and Greek through European languages, with the Finnish form
Usage contexts vary across science, education, mathematics and philosophy, where it can qualify nouns such as
- Keskitymme elementaarisiin hiukkasiin. (We focus on elementary particles.)
- Oppikirja selittää elementaarisiin käsitteisiin liittyvät esimerkit. (The textbook explains examples related to elementary concepts.)
- Siirryttiin elementaarisiin operaatioihin. (We moved on to elementary operations.)
As an inflected form, elementaarisiin is common in written and spoken Finnish whenever direction toward plural,