Illatiivisia

Illatiivisia is a Finnish grammatical term describing a specific inflected form of the adjective illatiivinen. The base word illatiivinen means “illative” or “pertaining to the illative case,” which in Finnish is a case indicating motion into a destination. Illatiivisia is the partitive plural form of this adjective, used to modify plural nouns in the partitive case.

In Finnish, adjectives decline like nouns and agree with the noun they modify in number and case. The nominative plural form of illatiivinen is illatiiviset, while the partitive plural form is illatiivisia. This distinction reflects the broader Finnish system where adjectives carry case endings to match their nouns, including when the nouns are in the partitive or other cases.

Usage of illatiivisia typically appears in linguistic or descriptive contexts, where the speaker discusses illative-related phenomena or forms and must describe multiple instances or items in a partitive sense. For example, phrases such as illatiivisia ilmauksia or illatiivisia sanoja can be used to refer to expressions or words that are in or relate to the illative, with the adjective appearing in its illative-related partitive plural form to agree with the plural, indefinable objects.

Related terms include illatiivi (the illative case itself) and illatiivinen (the adjective meaning “illative”). Understanding illatiivisia involves recognizing how Finnish adjectives inflect to align with nouns across number and case, a characteristic feature of Finnish grammar.

See also: Illatiivi, Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives.