erilaisiin

Erilaisiin is a Finnish adjective form belonging to the word erilainen, meaning "different" or "various." It is the illative plural form used when the noun it modifies is plural and the phrase expresses movement toward or into several kinds of something. In practice, erilaisiin appears with a plural noun in the illative case, such as into or toward different ones.

The form is created by taking the stem of erilainen and adding the illative plural suffix, typically described as -aisiin for adjectives of the -ainen type. This allows phrases like erilaisiin tilanteisiin (to different situations), erilaisiin ihmisiin (to different people), or erilaisiin vaihtoehtoihin (to different options). The use of erilaisiin emphasizes variety or diversity within the referenced group or category.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Therefore erilainen will yield various inflected forms depending on the case and whether the noun is singular or plural. erilaisiin specifically marks plural illative, which is one of several ways Finnish encodes direction or destination in relation to a described set.

Common contexts for erilaisiin include descriptive writing, assessment notes, policy discussions, and everyday speech when highlighting multiple kinds or categories. It is one of several forms derived from erilainen that enable precise expression of variety in Finnish.