ilmeisiin

Ilmeisiin is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the illative plural form of the noun ilme, which can mean expression, facial expression, or appearance. The illative case in Finnish expresses movement into something or a transition into a state, and the plural illative ilmeisiin is used when the target is plural.

The form ilmeisiin is created by adding the illative plural suffix -iin to the base ilme, in accordance with Finnish vowel harmony. As a plural illative, ilmeisiin accompanies a plural subject or an action directed toward multiple expressions or appearances, depending on context. Ilmeisiin is one of several inflected forms of ilme; the lemma remains ilme.

Grammatical notes and related forms: Ilmeisiin is not a standalone lexeme but a word form. Other related forms of ilme include ilmeessä (inessive singular, “in an expression”), ilmeille (allative/plural alternations depending on construction), ilmeiden (genitive plural), and ilmeitä (partitive plural). Finnish nouns decline through multiple cases, and the illative is one of the key cases used to express motion into a state or location.

Usage context: Ilmeisiin typically appears in descriptive or literary contexts where the speaker references moving toward or entering a state associated with multiple expressions or appearances. It is comparatively rare in everyday speech and is more likely to be encountered in written Finnish, especially in more elaborate descriptions or analyses of expression and appearance.

See also: Finnish grammar, Illative case, Ilme.