epäonniin
Epääonniin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun epäonni, meaning misfortune or bad luck. In grammar, the illative case expresses movement toward or into something, and the plural form here indicates “into misfortunes” or “toward misfortunes” in a metaphorical or descriptive sense. The form is most common in literary, poetic, or analytical texts and is not a staple of everyday conversation.
The base word epäonni combines the negating prefix epä- with onni (luck). Epäonni denotes a state of
Usage notes: Because epäonniin is a specialized grammatical form, it tends to appear in poetry, prose analysis,
Related terms: epäonni (misfortune), onni (fortune). The form epäonniin serves a precise grammatical function and is