Ilmaisiin

Ilmaisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective ilmainen, meaning free of charge. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and the illative case marks movement toward or into something. For adjectives ending in -nen, the illative plural suffix is -iin, so ilmaisiin is used with a following plural noun in illative to express “to the free ones.” In practice, ilmaisiin appears most often in phrases like ilmaisiin tilaisuuksiin, meaning “to the free events.”

Usage examples are typically found in written or promotional Finnish. For instance, Kävin ilmaisiin tilaisuuksiin means “I went to the free events.” The form is not a standalone lexical item but a grammatical form of ilmainen used to describe plural nouns in the illative case.

Related forms include ilmainen in its base sense of “free of charge” and ilmaisia, the partitive plural meaning “free [items]” as in ilmaisia lippuja, meaning “free tickets.” The genitive plural is ilmaisten, used in contexts like “ilmaisten asioiden” (of the free ones). The adverb ilmaiseksi expresses the sense of “for free,” as in “maksaa ilmaiseksi” or “saat liput ilmaiseksi.”

In summary, ilmaisiin is a specific Finnish inflected form tied to the adjective ilmainen and is used to describe plural nouns in the illative case, indicating direction toward free events, goods, or offerings. See also ilmainen, ilmaiseksi, maksuton for related meanings and forms.