älyynsä
älyynsä is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun äly, meaning mind or intellect. It combines the illative case suffix -yn with the third-person possessive suffix -nsä, producing the meaning “into his/her mind” or “to his/her mind.” The construction signals a mental event or direction toward the mind of the person indicated by the possessive suffix.
The form is used to describe thoughts, ideas, or insights entering or existing in a particular person’s
- Uusi idea tuli hänen älyynsä. (A new idea came into his mind.)
- Oivallus tuli hänen älyynsä keskustelun aikana. (An insight came into his mind during the discussion.)
The base is äly (mind). The illative suffix -yn marks direction toward a destination, while the possessive