itäisiin
Itäisiin is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It represents the illative plural form of the adjective itäinen (also written as itäinen/itäinen in older usage), meaning eastern or oriental. In practical use it is attached to a noun in illative plural to express movement toward or destination in the eastern direction or toward eastern lands, regions, or groups.
The basic idea behind itäisiin is directional: it ties a plural noun reflecting easternness to the illative
Usage and frequency vary. Itäisiin is most commonly found in written Finnish, especially in historical, travel,
Etymology and related forms: the stem itä- comes from itä, meaning east. The suffix -inen forms the
Note: there is no widely recognized place, organization, or entity universally named Itäisiin; the term is primarily