Elottomiin

Elottomiin is a grammatical form in Finnish. It is the illative plural form of the adjective eloton, which means inanimate or lifeless. Elottomiin appears when the adjective modifies a plural noun and the overall phrase is in the illative case, indicating movement toward or into the referenced inanimate items or environments.

Usage and formation: The form elottomiin is created from the stem eloton plus the illative plural suffix -iin. In typical sentences, it accompanies plural nouns to convey “into the inanimate [things]” or “toward the inanimate.” For example, phrases such as elottomiin esineisiin (into the inanimate objects) or elottomiin maailmoihin (into the inanimate worlds) illustrate its function. The construction is common in descriptive, literary, or linguistic contexts, and may appear in academic prose or poetry, where precise illative marking is desired.

Relation to other forms: Elottomiin is part of a broader system of Finnish adjective inflection and case endings. The corresponding singular illative would be elottomaan (to the inanimate one), while the nominative plural is elottomat (the inanimate ones). The partitive and other cases use different endings, and the illative plural can be distinguished by the suffix -iin in combination with the plural noun.

Etymology and scope: The word combines eloton (“inanimate”) with the Finnish illative plural suffix -iin, illustrating how adjectives agree with the grammatical case and number of the nouns they modify. While not among everyday speech, elottomiin is a legitimate form encountered in linguistic discussion and formal writing about Finnish grammar and stylistics. See also Finnish grammar, illative case, and adjective declension.