Hitaimpia

Hitaimpia is a Finnish word that expresses the superlative form of the adjective meaning slow. It is used to indicate that among a group of subjects, those described are the slowest. The form is typically employed with plural nouns or in predicative constructions involving a plural subject, and it corresponds to the English phrase “the slowest.”

In Finnish, hitaimpia is formed from the root meaning slow and the superlative ending, and it appears in the partitive or in predicative positions when referring to multiple items. It is most common in written and spoken Finnish when precision is needed about a comparison across several elements. For adjectives describing multiple entities, hitaimpia conveys a strong relative degree, ranking the described items at the top of a speed-related scale.

Examples include: “Nämä koneet ovat hitaimpia.” (These machines are the slowest.) and “Hitaimpia kilpailijoita odotettiin.” (The slowest competitors were awaited.) In context, the word functions similarly to other Finnish superlatives that mark the highest degree of an adjective for a plural subject.

See also: Finnish language; adjectives and their inflection; comparative and superlative forms in Finnish; partitive case in Finnish.

Note: As with many Finnish adjectives, the exact morphological form can vary with syntax and case. Hitaimpia is primarily encountered in plural, predicative, or object forms where the comparison involves several items ranked by slowness.