Epäsäännöllisempiä

Epäsäännöllisempiä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish comparative adjective epäsäännöllisempi, which means “more irregular.” The base adjective epäsäännöllinen means not regular or irregular. The comparative epäsäännöllisempi expresses a higher degree of irregularity, and in Finnish declines like other -inen adjectives. When describing multiple items in a partitive context, the form takes the partitive plural ending -ä/-ä, yielding epäsäännöllisempiä.

Usage and meaning

The term is used in linguistic and grammatical discussions to describe a greater degree of irregularity across several items. It often appears in phrases involving plural nouns in the partitive case. Examples include epäsäännöllisempiä verbejä (more irregular verbs), epäsäännöllisempiä taivutusmuotoja (more irregular inflection forms), or epäsäännöllisempiä tapauksia (more irregular cases).

Grammar notes

Epäsäännöllisempiä is a form built from epäsäännöllinen with the comparative suffix and the plural partitive ending. It is typically used when the head noun is plural and in a context where the partitive case is required or implied, such as indefinite quantities or certain sentence constructions.

See also

epäsäännöllinen, epäsäännöllisyys, epäsäännölliset taivutusmuodot

Etymology

The word combines the negating prefix epä- with säännöllinen (regular) to form not regular, and then adds the comparative -isempi to indicate greater irregularity. The plural partitive ending reflects Finnish noun-adjective agreement rules.