Parturiin

Parturiin is the Finnish illative form of the noun parturi, meaning "to the barber" or "into the barbershop." As an inflected form, it denotes motion toward the location or the recipient of an action. The basic nominal stem parturi (barber) takes the illative suffix -in, producing parturiin in standard Finnish.

In everyday use, parturiin appears in expressions that indicate going to, booking, or taking someone to a barber: for example, Menen parturiin tänään ("I am going to the barber today") or Varasin ajan parturiin ("I booked an appointment at the barber"). It contrasts with kampaajaan or kampaamoon, which refer to a hairdresser or hair salon; parturi traditionally denotes a barber, often associated with men's haircuts and beard trimming, though contemporary barber shops may serve all genders.

Grammatically, parturiin illustrates Finnish locative inflection expressing direction. It is one of several locative cases used to specify location or movement, distinct from inessive (parturissa, "in the barber") and elative (parturista, "from the barber"). The form follows regular vowel harmony and declension patterns for words ending in -i.

Culturally, the barber and barber shop have social roles in Finnish communities as places for grooming and informal interaction. The term and its inflected forms are common in spoken and written Finnish, especially in contexts of personal care, appointments, and travel to service locations.