sireeneihin

Sireeneihin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun sireeni. In standard Finnish, sireeni most commonly denotes an alarm siren, the loud warning device used in emergencies. The word can also appear in literary or folkloric contexts with the mythic sense of a siren, but such uses are rare; the everyday sense is the warning siren.

Etymology and senses: The noun sireeni is a loanword in Finnish from various sources across Nordic and Romance languages, with the root siren appearing in many European languages to denote the mythic creature or the warning alarm. In Finnish folklore, references to sirens occur mainly in poetry and translations, whereas ordinary use concerns mechanical sirens and warning signals.

Morphology and usage: Sireeneihin is formed by attaching the illative plural suffix -eihin to the stem sireene-. The illative expresses movement toward or into something, so sireeneihin literally means "into the sirens" or "toward the sirens" (plural). This form appears in sentences that describe approaching, or directing attention toward, multiple sirens or their sounds, but it is relatively uncommon in everyday language compared with the singular sireeni and other cases.

See also: Siren, Sirène, Merenneito.