Nimellisiin

Nimellisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective nimellinen, which means nominal or pertaining to a name. In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, and the illative plural marks the direction toward a plural noun in the illative case. Therefore nimellisiin is used when the modified noun is both plural and in illative case.

Formation and related forms: The base nimellinen yields several inflected forms to match number and case. Examples include nimelliset (nominative plural), nimellisiä (partitive plural), nimellisten (genitive plural), and nimellisiin (illative plural). Other case forms also exist, such as nimellisessä (inessive singular) and nimillisestä (genitive singular). The exact form depends on the target noun’s number and the grammatical case.

Usage: Nimellisiin appears in contexts discussing nominal concepts or nominal expressions, particularly in linguistic or academic Finnish. It functions as a typical inflected adjective form rather than a separate lexical term. For instance, phrases like nimellisiin ilmaisuihin (to nominal expressions) or nimellisiin käsitteisiin viitataan (references to nominal concepts) illustrate its use with plural nouns in the illative.

Relation to other terms: Nimellisiin is derived from nimellinen, which itself stems from nimi (name) with the characteristic -ellinen suffix indicating a category or attribute. The form is part of standard Finnish adjective inflection and is encountered mainly in formal or analytical texts.

Note: Nimellisiin is a specialized grammatical form and is not common in everyday speech, but it appears in linguistic descriptions and discussions of nominal terminology.