palatsiin

Palatsiin is a Finnish illative form of the noun palatsi, meaning palace. It marks motion into the palace and is used with verbs of movement to indicate direction toward the interior of a place. In Finnish grammar, illative is one of several locative cases that express location or direction, with -iin as the suffix for singular illative forms derived from stems like palatsi.

The form palatsiin is created by adding the illative suffix -iin to the stem palatsi. It is used in sentences such as "Mennään palatsiin" (Let’s go to the palace) and "Olen menossa palatsiin" (I am going to the palace). The illative singular is used when referring to a single palace.

For plural references, the illative plural takes the form palatseihin. This is used with the plural stem palatsit: for example, "Mennään palatseihin" (We are going to the palaces) or "He menivät palatseihin" (They went to the palaces). The plural illative shows direction toward multiple buildings.

Usage notes include that palatsiin typically appears with verbs of motion and is contrasted with palatsissa, the inessive form meaning “in the palace.” The illative is common in everyday Finnish, literature, and formal writing, and it is a standard way to express entering or moving toward a palace or similar building.