Ilmentämiin

Ilmentämiin is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb ilmentää, which means to manifest, reveal, or become evident. In linguistic and textual usage, ilmentämiin is identified as an illative plural form of a participial stem related to ilmentä-, and it is used to indicate direction toward or inclusion within a group in which a phenomenon is manifested. The form is relatively rare and tends to appear in formal, literary, or older Finnish rather than in everyday speech.

Etymology and morphology

Ilmentämiin combines the participial stem ilmentä- with the illative case suffix in its plural form. The illative communicates “into” or “toward,” so ilmentämiin is understood as referring to things that are manifested within or among those designated by the illative plural. Due to the specialized nature of this construction, it is mostly discussed in grammar descriptions rather than in common prose.

Usage and context

In practice, ilmentämiin appears in phrases that describe symptoms, signs, or phenomena observed in specific groups or individuals who manifest them. Because Finnish typically conveys such ideas using ilmentää (to manifest) or ilmentäminen (manifestation) in more straightforward constructions, ilmentämiin is encountered mainly in linguistic analyses, historical texts, or stylistic writing where nuanced case relations are being described.

Related terms

Related terms include ilmentää (to manifest), ilmentäminen (manifestation), and ilmentyneet (manifested). The form ilmentämiin is often mentioned in discussions of Finnish case usage and participial morphology rather than as a common everyday expression.