Esiintyjiin

Esiintyjiin is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun esiintyjä, meaning “performer” or “artist.” It represents the plural illative case of esiintyjä, used to indicate movement toward or direction toward the group of performers, or, more broadly, the performers as a destination or focus.

In Finnish, the illative plural is formed by adding the suffix -iin to the stem, yielding esiintyjiin from esiintyjä. The form can denote physical movement into a group (into the performers) or figurative direction toward the performers in contexts such as invitations, addressing a group, or directing attention or resources to them. The sense–distinguishing function of illative plural depends on the verb and surrounding grammar.

Esiintyjiin is a case form rather than a standalone word. Related forms of the same base noun include esiintyjä (singular nominative: the performer), esiintyjät (plural nominative: the performers), and esiintyjiä (partitive plural). Other cases for the plural include esiintyjiin’s counterparts such as esiintyjien (genitive plural) and esiintyjille (allative plural, “to the performers”).

Etymologically, esiintyjä comes from the verb esiintyä, meaning “to appear” or “to perform,” with the noun-formation pattern that yields “performer.” The illative plural esiintyjiin thus grammatically encodes direction toward that group within Finnish morphology.