Puuterimaisiin

Puuterimaisiin is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective puuterimainen, meaning powdery or powder-like. It is the illative plural form used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the illative case, indicating movement toward or into powdery things or toward powdery materials. The base puuterimainen is formed from the noun puuter (powder) with the adjectival suffix -mainen, and the illative plural ending -iin yields puuterimaisiin.

In grammar, adjectives in Finnish agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Puuterimaisiin therefore appears only in contexts where the modified noun is plural and in illative form. This makes puuterimaisiin relatively specialized and more common in descriptive, technical, or literary text than in everyday speech.

Usage and nuance: puuterimaisiin is used to describe the powdery character of multiple items within a phrase in illative construction. Because Finnish relies on case endings for meaning, the exact translation depends on the surrounding noun and the sentence’s structure. In practice, puuterimaisiin can appear in discussions of textures, powders, minerals, or finely ground materials, especially when contrasting with other textures or with singular forms.

Related terms: puuterimainen (powdery), puuteri (powder). Grammatical note: as with other Finnish adjectives, puuterimaisiin is one of several inflected forms that reflect number and case rather than a standalone lexical item.