Illisiksi

Illisiksi is a term used in Finnish grammar to illustrate the translative plural form of a noun with a stem illi. It is not a common lexical item with its own meaning, but rather serves as an example of how Finnish marks change of state or transformation when referring to multiple entities.

Etymology and morphology: In Finnish, the translative case expresses becoming or conversion into something. For many nouns, the translative singular is formed with the suffix -ksi, and the plural with -iksi. Illisiksi, in this sense, would represent the translative form applied to a plural stem derived from a hypothetical root illi. The exact phonological shape depends on the base noun and phonotactics, but illisiksi is used in descriptive discussions to show the pattern of adding -iksi to indicate “into … (plural).”

Usage and context: Because illisiksi is a grammatical illustration rather than a standalone word, it does not occur in everyday speech with an independent sense. It appears in linguistic descriptions, teaching materials, and grammars to demonstrate how the translative plural is formed and how meaning shifts when a group is described as becoming something else.

Related concepts: The article is connected to Finnish case systems, particularly the translative case, and to broader discussions of inflection, plural formation, and morphophonology. For readers seeking concrete usage, it is better to study established nouns and their actual translative plural forms, such as opettajiksi from opettaja, to understand the mechanism in real words.

See also: Finnish grammar, translative case, inflection, plural formation.