emotionaalisiin

Emotionaalisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective emotionaalinen, meaning “emotional.” It is not a standalone word, but a grammatical form used when the adjective modifies a plural noun in the illative case, often indicating direction toward or into something described as emotional.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The illative plural suffix for adjectives attached to a plural noun is typically rendered as -isiin, producing forms such as emotionaalisiin. Common examples include emotionaalisiin tilanteisiin (into emotional situations), emotionaalisiin reaktioihin (into emotional reactions), and emotionaalisiin tapahtumiin (into emotional events).

Usage notes: Emotionaalisiin appears in contexts where speakers discuss emotional aspects affecting or entering plural targets. It is commonly found in written Finnish, academic writing, journalism, and discourse about psychology, sociology, or arts where plural nouns are described in an emotional dimension. The form itself does not carry a meaning beyond the grammatical role of describing something as emotional in a plural illative construction.

Etymology and related terms: The base adjective emotionaalinen derives from the English “emotional.” Related Finnish forms include the base adjective in other cases and numbers, such as emotionaalinen (singular nominative) or emotionaalisten (genitive plural), illustrating how adjectives inflect across Finnish cases.