Päiville

Päiville is a term used in Finnish linguistics to refer to the illative plural form of the noun päivä (day). In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks direction toward or into something, and päivity or päiville signals movement toward multiple days—i.e., into a time period comprising several days. It is not a standalone lexical word in everyday use but a grammatical form.

Morphology and function: Päiville is formed from the stem päivä- with the plural suffix -t to yield päivät (days), combined with the illative plural suffix -ille to produce päiville (to the days, into the days). This form appears in grammars and dictionaries as an example of how Finnish handles time-related nouns in the illative plural. It helps illustrate the interaction between pluralization and the illative case in noun inflection.

Usage: In contemporary spoken Finnish, the exact form pä vil le is relatively rare and often replaced by other constructions when talking about time periods. It is more commonly encountered in linguistic descriptions, scholarly texts, or historical or poetic passages where grammatical illustration is needed. When used, it typically serves to demonstrate fluidity in time expressions or to discuss time as a sequence of days.

Related forms and notes: The base word is päivä (day). Related illative forms include päivään (illative singular, “to a day”). Päiville functions as the illative plural form and is part of broader Finnish noun inflection and the system of illative cases.