Pieneä

Pieneä is a form described in some dialectological and historical discussions of Finnish as an inflectional variant of the adjective pieni, meaning "small." It is not part of standard contemporary Finnish and is rarely encountered in everyday use.

In modern Finnish, the standard inflection of pieni is pieneä in the partitive singular is pientä, the nominative plural is pienet, the partitive plural is pieniä, and the genitive singular is pienen. The form pieneä appears in dialectal or older texts and is cited as an example of regional or historical variation in adjective inflection. Because such forms are not part of standard grammar, they are primarily of interest to researchers studying Finnish dialects or language history rather than to everyday speakers.

Usage and occurrence are highly limited and geographically dispersion. When encountered in scholarly work, pieneä is typically presented as a non-standard or archaic variant rather than a living form in modern Finnish. For language learners and standard writing, it is appropriate to rely on the standard inflection patterns of pieni.

See also: Finnish adjective declension, dialectal Finnish varieties, historical Finnish grammar.

Note: Because pieneä is not a common or widely attested form, references to it are typically confined to dialectology or typological discussions rather than contemporary language guides.