etevämpiä

Etevämpiä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish comparative adjective etevämpi, which is derived from the adjective etevä meaning capable, skilled, or resourceful. In Finnish grammar, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify in number and case; when the noun is plural and in partitive case, the adjective takes the -mpia ending. Accordingly, etevämpiä is used to describe multiple non-definite items or people in the partitive.

The base word etevä is relatively archaic or literary in contemporary speech, but it appears in dictionaries and historical texts; etevämpi is the standard comparative form, meaning "more capable" or "more resourceful." The corresponding superlative would be etevimpiä.

Usage: etevämpiä is most commonly seen in formal or analytical prose, evaluations, or descriptions of contrasting options. Examples:

- etevämpiä ratkaisuja: more capable solutions

- etevämpiä keinoja: more effective means

- etevämpiä ehdotuksia: more viable proposals

Notes: The form is not a standalone concept but a grammatical inflection. Its interpretation depends on the context and the noun it modifies.

See also: Finnish grammar; adjectives; comparative forms; partitive case.