Humoristisiin

Humoristisiin is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective humoristinen, used to modify plural nouns in the illative case. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they describe, and humoristinen has an illative plural form ending in -isiin when paired with a plural noun in illative. Therefore, humoristisiin appears in phrases such as humoristisiin tilaisuuksiin, humoristisiin teksteihin or humoristisiin teoksiin, where the noun is plural and in illative.

Meaning and use. The form conveys that the described plural noun belongs to the realm of humor or humoristic content and is being referred to in a directional or into-sense typical of the illative case. In practice, humoristisiin often modifies nouns referring to events, texts, or works that are humorous or humorous in nature. It is common in literary, cultural, or critic contexts.

Grammatical notes. Humoristisiin is one of several inflected forms of the base adjective humoristinen. Other related forms include humoristinen (singular nominative), humoristisen (genitive), humoristiseen (singular illative), and humoristiset (plural nominative). The illative plural form -isiin is used when the noun it modifies is plural and the complement is in the illative case.

Etymology. The adjective humoristinen derives from the noun humoristi (humorist), itself from humor (humor), reflecting the sense of relating to humor or humorists. The -inen suffix is a common Finnish derivational ending turning a noun into an adjective.

See also. humoristinen, humoristi, tilaisuus, teksti, teos. Examples of usage illustrate how humoristisiin appears before plural nouns in illative constructions.