Pehmeämmistä

Pehmeämmistä is a Finnish linguistic form. It is the elative plural form of the comparative adjective pehmeämpi, which itself comes from the adjective pehmeä meaning soft. The elative plural ending -stä/-stä yields pehmeämmistä, and the word functions to refer to a subset defined by softness within a group.

Morphology and formation: starting from pehmeä, the comparative is formed as pehmeämpi (softer). To express “from the softer ones” or “of the softer ones” in plural elative, the form becomes pehmeämmistä. It is typically used before a noun in the elative plural, for example pehmeämmistä kankaista meaning “from the softer fabrics” or “of the softer fabrics.”

Usage: pehmeämmistä is used in contexts where softness is being contrasted within a larger set, such as textiles, materials, or consumer products. Examples include phrases like pehmeämmistä kankaista valmistetut vaatteet (clothes made from the softer fabrics) or pehmeämmistä vaihtoehdoista (from the softer alternatives). The form is common in descriptive writing, product descriptions, and discussions comparing qualities among multiple items.

Notes: pehmeämmistä cannot typically stand alone as a simple predicate; it functions as an adjective in the elative plural and requires a following noun in the elative plural form. It is distinct from pehmeämmät, the nominative plural form meaning “the softer ones,” which is used in different syntactic contexts. In everyday Finnish, pehmeämmistä is most often encountered in written or formal language when specifying a source or selection within a softer subset.