Pintoihin

Pintoihin is a Finnish language form that serves as the illative plural of the noun pinta, meaning surface. It expresses motion toward or onto multiple surfaces, typically in contexts where an action is directed at surfaces rather than at a single surface.

Usage and meaning

In Finnish, the illative case indicates direction into or onto something. The plural form pintoihin is used when the action involves several surfaces. It is commonly found in engineering, construction, painting, design, and other fields where materials, finishes, or coatings are applied to walls, panels, or other surfaces. The form can also appear in descriptive contexts referring to surfaces as recipients of an action.

Formation

Pintoihin is formed by adding the illative plural suffix to the stem pinta- (root pinta), yielding pintoihin. The base noun pinta means surface or plane, and related forms include pintoja (partitive plural) and pintoja (plural form used with other cases), as well as the singular illative form pintaan.

Examples

- Maalia levitettiin pintoihin. (Paint was spread onto the surfaces.)

- Maali tarttuu pintoihin hyvin. (The paint adheres well to the surfaces.)

Related terms

- pinta: surface

- pintoja: surfaces (partitive plural)

- pintaan: illative singular form (to/into a single surface)

See also

Finnish grammar, illative case, noun pinta and its inflected forms.