Nonfiniittiseen

Nonfiniittiseen is a Finnish inflected form used in linguistic discussion to denote the illative form of the adjective nonfiniittinen, literally meaning “to the nonfinite.” The base adjective nonfiniittinen describes verb forms that do not express finiteness in the usual sense, such as tense, person, or number. In scholarly contexts, nonfiniittiseen is encountered when referring to the nonfinite form as a grammatical category.

In Finnish grammar, nonfinite forms include certain verb forms such as infinitives and participles. The nonfiniittiseen form appears in analytic descriptions when researchers discuss converting clauses to nonfinite form or when they refer to that form as a linguistic category. The illative ending used with this adjective signals motion toward or destination in figurative terms, yielding a phrase like nonfiniittiseen muotoon, meaning “into the nonfinite form.”

Examples: Lause voidaan siirtää nonfiniittiseen muotoon (The sentence can be moved into the nonfinite form). Tutkimus käsittelee nonfiniittisen muodon käyttöä lauserakenteissa (The study discusses the use of the nonfinite form in clause structures).

Distribution and usage: The term nonfiniittiseen is specialized and primarily found in academic writings on Finnish grammar, typology, or cross-linguistic studies of nonfinite constructions. It is not part of everyday language use and may be unfamiliar outside linguistic circles.

See also: nonfinite, finite verb, Finnish grammar, participle, infinitive.