Lämpimillä

Lämpimillä is the plural adessive form of the Finnish adjective lämmin, meaning warm. It is used with plural nouns in the adessive case to indicate that warmth is on or with the noun, for example in phrases like “lämpimillä käsillä” (with warm hands) or “lämpimillä pinnoilla” (on warm surfaces). In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and the adessive plural ending is -illä, so lämmin becomes lämpimillä when describing plural nouns in that case.

Etymology and form: The adjective lämmin derives from the Finnish concept of warmth (lämpö). The form lämpimillä follows standard Finnish adjective inflection: -llä marks the adessive case, and the plural form agrees with a plural noun. Other related forms include lämmin (singular) and lämpimät (plural nominative), or lämpimillä as appropriate in different sentence structures.

Usage and examples: Lämpimillä is most common in phrases that specify instrument or location. Examples include: “Lämpimillä käsillä hän otti kupin” (With warm hands he picked up the cup) and “Laite on asetettu lämpimille pinnoille” (The device has been placed on warm surfaces). Because the adessive marks location or means, lämpimillä often appears with verbs of handling, placing, or touching, and with nouns in the plural.

Translation and style: In English, lämpimillä is typically rendered as “on warm …” or “with warm …,” depending on the noun it modifies. The form is a grammatical tool rather than a standalone lexical item, and it is most natural in contexts describing multiple objects or agents and their warmth.