Kvartaleihin

Kvartaleihin is a Finnish illative plural form used to refer to movement toward or division into quarters. The form can arise from the noun kvartale/kvartali, which in Finnish covers two related concepts: a quarter of a city or district (a city block) and a statistical quarter of a distribution (a quartile). The illative plural -iin/-ihin marks direction toward multiple targets, so kvartaleihin literally means into or toward the quarters.

Etymology and form: The word reflects the common Finnish practice of borrowing the concept of a quarter from surrounding languages (often via the concept of a city block or a statistical partition) and forming a plural illative with the suffix -iin/-ihin. In context, kvartaleihin is a standard grammatical form rather than a fixed, single semantic definition.

Usage: Kvartaleihin appears in two main contexts. In urban planning or geography, it can describe areas belonging to city quarters or plans that involve several quarters: “Kaupungin kvartaleihin on suunniteltu uusia asuinrakennuksia.” In statistics or data analysis, it is used to speak about dividing data into four parts: “Tutkimusaineisto jaettiin kvartileihin.” In everyday Finnish, more general phrasing such as neljään osaan or kvantile may be used, depending on style and precision.

See also: Kvartal, Kvartili, Kvarttijaot.

Note: The exact meaning of kvartaleihin is context-dependent, balancing between urban terminology and statistical jargon.