polttimiin

Polttimiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun poltin, which means a burner or burner unit (for example a gas stove burner or a burner in a heating device). In Finnish, the illative case expresses movement toward or placement into something, and polttimiin specifically denotes movement toward or placement into multiple burners. The form is mainly found in technical language, instruction manuals, and maintenance descriptions where actions are directed at several burners at once. It is not a separate concept on its own, but a grammatical form of poltin.

Usage and examples. Polttimiin is used when the action targets more than one burner. For example, a sentence such as Aseta tiivisteet polttimiin means “place the seals into the burners.” The illative plural is common in manuals and procedural text describing installation, adjustment, or servicing tasks performed on multiple burners simultaneously. In everyday Finnish prose, other forms of poltin and its cases (such as polttimet in the nominative plural) are more frequent, but polttimiin is correct in contexts requiring the illative plural.

Etymology and grammar. Polttimiin derives from the root poltin with the illative plural suffix as used in Finnish grammar to indicate direction toward several burners. As with other illative plurals, its use is determined by the syntactic needs of the sentence and the number of burners involved.