Hienoihin

Hienoihin is a Finnish illative plural form of the adjective hieno, meaning “to the fine,” “to the nice,” or “to the elegant.” It is used before a plural noun in the illative case to indicate movement toward or into something described as refined or high-quality.

Formation and meaning: The form is created from the stem hieno- plus the illative plural suffix -ihin, resulting in hienoihin. It accompanies a plural noun that is also in illative, for example tiloihin, forming phrases such as hienoihin tiloihin meaning “into the fine rooms.” The construction emphasizes the quality of what is being entered or approached.

Usage: Hienoihin is common in descriptive writing, travel narratives, and contexts where speakers want to highlight quality or elegance. It appears in combinations with plural nouns to convey movement toward refined places, services, or experiences. The illative conveys direction, not mere description, and the adjective agrees in number and case with the noun it modifies.

Examples:

- Me menimme hienoihin tiloihin. (We went into the fine rooms.)

- Ovi vie hienoihin tiloihin, joissa näyttely on esillä. (The door leads to the fine rooms where the exhibition is on.)

Notes: Hienoihin is specifically the illative form for plural usage; its singular equivalents are formed differently (for example, hienoon for singular illative). The form is part of Finnish grammar's adjectives inflecting for case and number, illustrating how adjectives track the noun in phrases denoting direction or destination.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, adjectives.