Heikompiin

Heikompiin is a Finnish grammatical form that does not refer to a separate entity or concept, but rather to a specific inflected form of an adjective. It represents the illative plural form of the comparative adjective heikompi, meaning “weaker.” In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so when the noun is plural and in illative case, the corresponding adjective takes the illative plural form, producing heikompiin.

In use, heikompiin functions as part of phrases describing direction or targeting toward weaker entities. A common example is suunnattu to the weaker groups: Tukitoimenpiteet on suunnattu heikompiin ryhmiin, meaning that the aid measures are directed at the weaker groups. The form can appear with various plural illative noun phrases, always indicating movement toward or focus on the weaker subset of a larger group.

Linguistic notes: the suffix -iin is one of several illative plural endings in Finnish, and it is determined by vowel harmony and the phonology of the stem. The word is not a proper noun or named subject; its meaning derives from the base adjective heikko and the grammatical context of illative plural agreement with the modified noun.

See also: Finnish grammar, Illative case, Comparative forms of adjectives.