Yleisnimiin

yleisnimiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun yleisnimi, which refers to a common noun as a linguistic category (as opposed to a proper noun). The form is created from the stem yleisnimi- with the illative plural suffix -in, following regular Finnish vowel harmony and case endings. In Finnish grammar, the illative case typically marks direction into something, and in scholarly usage yleisnimiin is used when speaking about multiple common nouns as a group or when describing a movement toward that category in analysis.

In practice, yleisnimiin occurs mainly in linguistic descriptions, grammars, and terminology discussions rather than in everyday language. It is used when the author wants to refer to the class of common nouns collectively, for example in statements about how yleisnimiin are identified, contrasted with other noun types such as erisnimi (proper nouns) or määräisnimi (count nouns) in some classifications. The term thus functions as a technical reference within discussions of noun classes in Finnish.

Typical usages are found in academic sentences such as descriptions of noun classification, or in dictionaries and learning materials that distinguish yleisnimi from erisnimi. Because it is a specialized form, yleisnimiin appears most often in linguistic writing, grammars, or corpus analyses rather than in standard conversation. For those studying Finnish morphology and syntax, understanding yleisnimi and its illative plural yleisnimiin helps clarify how Finnish marks grammatical categories and relationships between words. See also yleisnimi, erisnimi, Finnish grammar.