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По выходным literally means “by the weekends / along the weekends”, but idiomatically it means “on weekends” in the sense of regularly, every weekend.
- по + dative plural (по выходным) often expresses repeated / habitual time:
- по вечерам – in the evenings (regularly)
- по понедельникам – on Mondays (as a rule)
So По выходным я езжу… = I (usually) go on weekends…, not just once.
In this meaning of “on (each) [day/time]”, the preposition по requires the dative plural:
- по выходным – on weekends
- по субботам – on Saturdays
- по утрам – in the mornings
So выходные (weekends/days off, nominative plural) becomes выходным in the dative plural after по in this habitual-time construction.