Puhtaammalla

Puhtaammalla is the adessive singular form of the Finnish comparative adjective puhtaampi, meaning “cleaner” or “more clean.” It is used to describe a noun in the adessive case in situations that express relative cleanliness, often in comparisons or spatial descriptions involving cleanliness of a surface or location. The form arises from combining the comparative suffix -mpi with the locative/adessive suffix -lla, and it typically involves consonant duplication, yielding puhtaammalla.

Usage notes:

- Puhtaammalla describes a noun in the adessive case, for example when saying “on a cleaner surface” or “on a cleaner table.” Examples include puhtaammalla pinnalla or puhtaammalla pöydällä.

- It is used in contexts where two or more items are being compared in terms of cleanliness, or when specifying where cleanliness is located or observed.

- It is part of a broader family of forms: puhtaampi (comparative) and puhtain (superlative), with corresponding inflection in other cases.

Examples:

- Se on puhtaammalla pöydällä. (It is on a cleaner table.)

- Käytä puhtaammalla pinnalla. (Use it on a cleaner surface.)

Related terms:

- puhdas (clean), puhtaampi (comparative), puhtain (superlative)

- other case forms of puhtaampi follow Finnish adjective inflection patterns

Puhtaammalla is a specialized grammatical form used in Finnish to express relative cleanliness with a noun in the adessive case, and it appears primarily in descriptive or instructional contexts.