Terminaaleihin

Terminaaleihin is a Finnish word that functions as the illative plural form of terminaali, meaning “into the terminals” or “to the terminals.” It is used to express direction toward multiple terminals, such as airport terminals, seaport terminals, or railway terminals.

In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks movement toward a place or destination. The plural illative is formed in various ways depending on the word’s stem, and terminaali adopts the form terminaaleihin. Thus, the base term indicates the destination (terminal), while the illative plural specifies the direction toward more than one terminal.

Usage examples are common in travel signage, directions, and descriptive sentences. For example, one might say, “Menen terminaaleihin” to mean “I am going to the terminals,” or “Olemme menossa terminaaleihin” for “We are heading to the terminals.” The form helps distinguish plural destinations from singular ones and from other cases that describe location rather than movement.

Termináali is used for buildings or facilities that manage passenger flow and transfer points in transport networks and related contexts. Terminology in Finnish often reflects borrowed terms adapted to case endings, and terminaali is a widely understood term across industries such as aviation, maritime, and rail.

See also: terminaali, illatiivi (illative case), Finnish noun cases, plural noun inflection. The exact suffixes for illative plural can vary with stem vowel harmony and spelling, but terminaaleihin is the standard form for this noun.