lääkäreihin

lääkäreihin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun lääkäri, meaning the doctors. In Finnish, the illative case expresses direction or destination, so lääkäreihin is used to indicate moving toward or contacting a group of doctors. The singular illative would be lääkäriin (to a doctor). The plural stem undergoes a vowel change from lääkäri to lääkäre- before adding the illative plural suffix -iin, yielding lääkäreihin. This form is common in everyday Finnish and appears in contexts such as visiting a clinic, consulting a group of physicians, or directing actions toward doctors collectively.

In usage, lääkäreihin typically follows verbs of movement or communication. For example, Menen lääkäreihin means I am going to the doctors. Otimme yhteyttä lääkäreihin saadaksemme lisätietoja translates to We contacted the doctors to obtain more information. The form can refer to doctors as a group rather than a single physician and contrasts with related forms such as lääkäreiden (genitive plural, “of the doctors”) and lääkärit (nominative plural, “the doctors”).

Etymology and grammar notes: lääkäri is the Finnish word for physician. The illative plural hainbat endings are part of Finnish noun inflection, with -iin indicating direction toward multiple objects in the illative case. Lääkäreihin does not function as a possessive or accusative form; its role is locative/directional toward a plural group of doctors.