Pelaajiin

Pelaajiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun pelaaja, meaning player. It is used to indicate movement toward or into a group of players or to refer to the group of players as a destination or target of an action.

Morphology and formation: The form is created by taking the stem pelaaji- from pelaaja and adding the illative plural suffix -in, resulting in pelaajiin. This mirrors Finnish patterns where illative plural endings can attach to stems ending in vowels and consonants alike, producing forms that are used with verbs of motion or other directional relationships.

Usage: In practice, pelaajiin appears in sentences describing movement toward a group of players or directing actions at that group. It is most common in contexts such as sports, team communications, or grammatical descriptions. The illative plural is distinct from other plural cases like pelaajat (nominative plural) or pelaajille (allative/plural), and its use generally centers on specifying destination or target of an action related to the players as a group.

Examples: For instance, one might encounter structures referencing actions directed toward the players or aimed at the players as a unit, where pelaajiin functions as the illative plural of pelaaja. The construct is more likely to appear in written language or linguistic explanations than in everyday spoken Finnish, where alternative phrasing is common.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, plural forms in Finnish.

Note: The term is primarily of linguistic interest and does not denote a separate concept outside its grammatical function.