asiakirjoihin

Asiakirjoihin is the plural illative form of the Finnish noun asiakirja, meaning documents. The illative case expresses direction toward or into something, and asiakirjoihin is used when referring to multiple documents in contexts such as administration, law, and documentation-related discourse. In everyday Finnish, the form appears in phrases indicating movement toward or engagement with documents or information derived from them.

Morphology and forms: The base noun is asiakirja; the plural nominative is asiakirjat. The illative singular is asiakirjaan and the illative plural is asiakirjoihin. Other common cases include genitive asiakirjojen and partitive asiakirjoja.

Etymology: The word is a compound of asia (matter, affair) and kirja (book). The sense has evolved to denote a formal record or set of documents that pertain to a matter.

Usage notes: The term is frequent in formal or bureaucratic Finnish and often appears with verbs of engagement or reference, such as tutustua (to become acquainted with), viitata (to refer to), or liittyä (to relate to). It is used to describe actions directed toward documents or to describe information associated with them.

Examples:

- Tutustu asiakirjoihin. (Familiarize yourself with the documents.)

- Asiakirjoihin viittaavat kohdat ovat tärkeitä. (The points referring to the documents are important.)

See also: asiakirja, dokumentaatio, viranomaisasiakirjat.