suunnittelijoihin

Suunnittelijoihin is an illative plural form of the Finnish noun suunnittelija, meaning designer. It translates roughly as “to the designers” or “toward the designers” and is used to express direction toward a group of designers or as the object of verbs and prepositions that require the illative plural case.

Formation and grammar: The base plural nominative is suunnittelijat (the designers). To indicate movement toward that group, the illative plural suffix -iin is attached to the stem, yielding suunnittelijoihin. This form follows standard Finnish vowel harmony and is a typical example of how the illative plural operates with nouns ending in -ija stem changes.

Usage and examples: suunnittelijoihin appears in sentences where the group of designers is the target or focus of a verb or preposition. Examples include: “Otin yhteyttä suunnittelijoihin” (I contacted the designers). “Kysely koskee suunnittelijoihin liittyviä kysymyksiä” (The survey concerns questions related to the designers). It can also occur in contexts like “suunnittelijoihin liittyvä yhteistyö” (collaboration related to designers), demonstrating its role as a functional directional or referential marker.

Etymology and related forms: The word derives from suunnittelija (designer) with the plural suffix -t and the illative plural suffix -iin. Related forms include suunnittelija (singular, designer) and suunnittelijat (nominative plural). The illatiivinen (illative) form is a standard part of Finnish case morphology and is widely used in professional and academic Finnish when discussing groups of designers.

See also: Finnish noun declension, illative case, suunnittelija.