detektiivisiin

Detektiivisiin is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective detektiivinen, meaning relating to detectives or detective fiction. It represents the illative plural form of the adjective when it modifies a plural noun in the illative case. In practice, detektiivisiin appears in phrases such as detektiivisiin tarinoihin, which translates to into detective stories or to detective stories, depending on the surrounding verb.

In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify. When the noun is plural and in the illative case, the adjective takes the corresponding illative plural ending, resulting in forms like detektiivisiin. The full meaning emerges from the noun the adjective modifies; for example, detektiivisiin tarinoihin derives its sense from tarinoihin (illative plural of tarina, story) and detektiivisiin agreeing with that noun.

Usage and context are typically literary or linguistic. Detektiivisiin is most often encountered in analyses of Finnish detective fiction, discussions of adjective inflection, or in phrases describing movement toward or immersion in a category of writing. It is not a standalone lexical entry with independent sense outside a noun phrase, but rather a grammatical form that conveys “to/into detective …” when paired with an appropriate plural noun in illative case.

Related concepts include Finnish grammar, the illative case, and the broader genre of detective fiction in Finnish literature. Detektiivisiin illustrates how Finnish adjectives inflect to mirror the case and number of the nouns they describe, even within specialized genres.