pyöriviin

Pyöriviin is a Finnish word form: the illative plural of the present participle adjective pyörivä, meaning "into (the) rotating" or "to (the) spinning (ones)". It appears when an action denotes movement or direction toward multiple entities described as rotating or spinning.

Linguistic characteristics

Pyöriviin derives from the verb pyöriä ("to spin, to turn") and the participial adjective pyörivä. The illative plural ending -in conveys motion into or toward; morphologically the form is pyörivä + -in. Pronunciation approximates [pyøriʋiin]. The form is used with verbs of motion or change of state, such as mennä, hypätä, heittää, or sijoittaa.

Usage examples

In Finnish contexts pyöriviin can occur in phrases like "hypätä pyöriviin laitteisiin" (to jump into the spinning rides) or "suunnata katse pyöriviin varjoihin" (to direct one's gaze toward the spinning shadows). It can also be used in more abstract senses, e.g., "siirtyä pyöriviin ajatuksiin" (to move into swirling thoughts).

Related forms and notes

Related grammatical forms include pyörivä (nominative singular), pyörivät (nominative plural), pyörivään (illative singular) and other case variants. The root pyöriä links to Finnish lexemes for circular motion and to the noun pyörä ("wheel"), reflecting a common semantic field of rotation and turning.