oviaukkoihin

Oviaukkoihin is a Finnish term that functions as the illative plural form of oviaukko, a compound word meaning “door opening.” The base oviaukko combines ovi (door) and aukko (opening or hole). The illative plural suffix -iin marks movement into or toward multiple openings, yielding oviaukkoihin.

In architectural and historical Finnish, oviaukko refers to openings in walls where doors are placed, or to doorways in general. Oviaukkoihin is used when describing movement into or toward several such openings, for example in descriptions of floor plans, ruins, or interior layouts. The form is therefore mainly encountered in technical, scholarly, or descriptive texts rather than everyday speech.

Usage and examples

Oviaukkoihin is typically found in sentences that discuss multiple door openings as destinations. Example: Rakennuksessa on useita oviaukkoihin johtavia käytäviä. This translates to “The building contains several corridors leading to the door openings.” The construction emphasizes direction toward the openings and is characteristic of architectural description rather than casual language.

Related forms and notes

The singular form is oviaukko, with other noun cases following standard Finnish inflection (e.g., oviaukot for nominative plural, oviaukkoihin for illative plural). Oviaukkoihin is most common in specialized discourse such as architecture, archaeology, and historical descriptions where precise spatial relationships are discussed.