Painavampiin

Painavampiin is a form used in Finnish grammar, specifically the illative plural form of the comparative adjective painavampi, meaning “heavier” or “more burdensome.” In Finnish, adjectives follow the same case and number inflection as nouns, so painavampi can take illative plural endings to modify plural nouns in the illative case. The resulting form painavampiin appears when the phrase is translated as “into heavier ones” or “into heavier things.”

Morphology and formation: the stem of the adjective is painav- with the comparative suffix -ampi, yielding painavampi. To indicate movement into something and to agree with a plural noun, the illative plural ending -iin is added, producing painavampiin. This combination is characteristic of how Finnish handles adjectives in extended illative constructions with plural nouns.

Usage: painavampiin typically occurs in descriptive or linguistic contexts illustrating Finnish declension rather than in everyday speech. It is most easily understood when paired with a plural noun in illative, such as “painavampiin kiviin” meaning “into heavier stones.” Examples include phrases used in grammar examples or technical writing about noun-adjective agreement across cases.

Notes: While grammatically correct, painavampiin is a specialized form and may be unfamiliar outside studies of Finnish morphology. In ordinary conversation, speakers often rephrase using a simpler construction or switch to a different case or degree form.

See also: painava, painavampi, illatiivi, Finnish grammar, adjective declension.