Pääsyihin

Pääsyihin is a form in Finnish that is not commonly treated as a separate lexical entry. Instead, it is best understood as the illative plural inflection of the noun pääsy, which means access, admission, or entrance. In grammar discussions, pääsyihin is used to illustrate how Finnish marks movement “into” multiple instances or categories of access.

Etymology and form

The base is pääsy. The illative plural suffix is formed to express “into the accesses” or “into access points.” Because Finnish inflection varies with stem shape and vowel harmony, the exact appearance of illative plural forms can differ between words. Pääsyihin serves as a theoretical example of how a stem ending in a consonant cluster or a particular ending may take an illative plural ending in actual language use.

Usage

Pääsyihin is rarely encountered in everyday Finnish. It appears mainly in linguistic descriptions, grammars, or dictionaries as an illustrative form. In ordinary text, speakers are more likely to use phrases such as pääsyvaatimukset (admission requirements) or discuss access in a broader, non-inflectional way.

See also

pääsy, access and admission; pääsyvaatimukset, admission requirements; illatiivi, the illative case in Finnish.

Notes

Because pääsyihin is primarily a grammatical example rather than a common lexical item, it should be seen as a tool for understanding Finnish inflection rather than as a word with widespread real-world usage.