työpöytiin

Työpöytiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun työpöytä, which means workbench. The word expresses movement toward or into more than one workbench, and is used in contexts where several benches are involved or referenced together.

In everyday spoken Finnish, the singular illative työpöytään is more common, while työpöytiin appears mainly in technical writing, workshop planning, inventories, or descriptions of activities that involve multiple benches. It is formed by adding the illative plural ending to the base työpöytä, yielding työpöytiin. The form can be encountered in phrases describing actions directed at several workspaces, such as moving toward or gathering at multiple benches.

Usage notes and context: työpöytiin is typically used with verbs of motion or organization, for example to indicate going to or assembling at several benches. It reflects the general Finnish pattern for illative plural forms, where the ending changes to signal direction toward a plural object or space.

Related forms include työpöytä (workbench) and työpöytään (singular illative: into the workbench). The illative plural is one of several directional cases in Finnish that help specify spatial relationships in explicit, plan-like, or technical descriptions involving multiple items or locations.