Yhteisöihinsä

Yhteisöihinsä is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “into their communities” or “to their communities.” It is not a standalone concept but a case-form built from the noun yhteisö (community) with the illative plural suffix -ihin and the third-person possessive suffix -nsä, yielding a form that encodes movement toward or into the communities belonging to the subject’s group.

Morphology and formation

The illative plural -ihin signals direction into multiple or collective communities, while -nsä marks possession by a third-person possessor. The order is noun + illative plural -ihin + possessive -nsä, producing a single word: yhteisöihinsä. The construction illustrates Finnish’s agglutinative morphology, where case, number, and possession are expressed through successive suffixes attached to the base noun.

Semantics and usage

Yhteisöihinsä is typically used in more formal, literary, or sociological contexts to describe relocation, reintegration, or affiliation with a group’s communities. It can appear in discussions of diaspora, migration, ethnic or religious communities, or narratives that emphasize belonging and collective identity. In everyday conversation, speakers may opt for more explicit phrasing depending on context, but the form remains grammatical and acceptable in written Finnish.

Example usage

Hän palasi yhteisöihinsä.

Yhteisöihinsä viittaaminen can highlight ties to a person’s broader communal networks.

In reporting, the phrase may be used to convey a returned or redirected social belonging to the subject’s communities.