Sateisempia

Sateisempia is a Finnish comparative adjective meaning “more rainy” or “rainier.” It describes weather conditions that involve increased rainfall compared with another period or reference point. The form is used when comparing raininess across time or circumstances, such as forecasts or past weather.

Morphology and usage: Sateisempia is the plural partitive form of the comparative sateisempi. The base comparative for a singular noun is sateisempi, while sateisempia is used before plural nouns in the partitive case, for example in phrases like sateisempia päiviä (“more rainy days”) or sateisempia viikkoja (“more rainy weeks”). In practice, it appears in weather reporting, journalism, and descriptive writing to convey a stronger degree of rainfall than another period.

Examples and contexts: Common usage includes sentences such as “Ennuste lupaa sateisempia päiviä” (The forecast promises rainier days) or “Tämä kevät on sateisempaa kuin viime kevät” (This spring is rainier than last spring). The term emphasizes relative intensity of rainfall rather than absolute conditions, and it is typically found in informal speech as well as more formal weather discussions.

Etymology and related forms: Sateisempia derives from sateinen (rainy) with the comparative suffix -mpi, producing sateisempi for singular and the plural partitive form sateisempia. Related forms include sateinen (rainy) and sateisimmat/sateisimpia for the superlative, used to describe the rainiest conditions in a given context.