Ihmismäisiin

Ihmismäisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective ihmismäinen, meaning humanoid or human-like. The form is produced from the noun ihminen (human) with the suffix -mäinen, which denotes resemblance. In the illative plural, used with a plural noun, the ending -isiin is added, yielding ihmismäisiin. This form is used to indicate movement toward or reference to humanoid beings, or to describe actions directed at such beings, in contexts where the noun is plural and in the illative case.

Related forms include ihmismäinen in the singular (humanoid), and other case forms of the adjective, such as ihmismäisiä (partitive) or ihmismäisten (genitive plural). The word does not function as an independent lexical entry beyond its grammatical use; it appears in linguistic descriptions and in contexts discussing humanoid entities in Finnish.

Examples:

- ihmismäisiin olentoihin liittyvät tutkimukset (studies related to humanoid beings)

- ihmismäisiin olentoihin viittaavat kuvaukset (descriptions referring to humanoid beings)

Usage notes:

Ihmismäisiin is used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the illative case, typically in descriptive or scholarly texts discussing humanoid entities. It is primarily a grammatical form of the adjective ihmismäinen rather than a standalone concept in everyday language.

See also: Humanoid, Anthropomorphism, Finnish grammar, Illative case.