aivoihin

Aivoihin is the illative case form of the Finnish noun aivot, meaning the brain. The illative marks movement toward or into something, so aivoihin translates roughly as into the brain or to the brain. It is used when describing information, signals, or objects directed toward the brain, or figuratively when something is processed or stored there. The related form aivoissa denotes a location inside the brain.

Morphology and usage: In Finnish, plural nouns use different illative suffixes than singulars. For the plural aivot, the illative is aivoihin. This signals the destination as the brain(s) and is used with verbs of movement, transfer, or change that ends in the brain.

Usage context: Aivoihin conveys a directional sense or result of a process that reaches the brain, rather than mere location. In everyday language, it appears in contexts such as data or stimuli entering the brain, or in a figurative sense of information becoming embedded there. For referring to storage or processing inside the brain in a more general sense, aivoissa is often used.

Examples: Tieto kulkeutui aivoihin. Uudet tiedot painuivat aivoihin ja jäivät sinne. Tieto jäi aivoihin lyhyeksi ajaksi ennen loogista käsittelyä.