Ylittäviin

Ylittäviin is a Finnish grammatical form: it is the illative plural of the adjective ylittävä, meaning exceeding or surpassing. In practice, ylittäviin is used to describe nouns in the illative plural, indicating movement toward or focus on things that surpass a reference point or standard. The form enables phrases such as ylittäviin tavoitteisiin, meaning toward goals that exceed.

Morphology and function: ylittävä derives from the verb ylittää, “to surpass.” The adjective takes the plural illative ending -iin to agree with a plural noun in illative case. This alignment means that ylittäviin appears before a noun in illative plural, as in ylittäviin tavoitteisiin (to the goals that surpass). It is distinct from other participial forms such as ylittäviä (illative plural of a participle in some contexts) or ylittäviä (nominative plural), and its primary use is within formal, written Finnish.

Usage and style: ylittäviin is most often found in formal or technical texts, such as policy documents, academic writing, or analytical reports, where speakers discuss criteria, goals, or standards that exceed a baseline. It functions as a descriptive modifier and does not stand alone as a noun. Its meaning depends on the noun it modifies, for example: ylittäviin tavoitteisiin tähtääminen (aiming at goals that exceed) or ylittäviin rajoitteisiin liittyvä keskustelu (discussion related to exceeding constraints).

Related forms: ylittävä (base form), ylittäviä (partitive or other plural forms), and ylittää (verb). The term is part of a broader family of Finnish participial adjectives derived from verbs with similar illative-plural agreement.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives in illative case, present participles, illative plural.