harvinaisemman

Harvinaisemman is the genitive singular form of the Finnish comparative adjective harvinaisempi, meaning “more rare” or “rarer.” The base adjective harvinainen denotes rarity or uncommonness, and harvinaisempi is used to compare two or more entities in terms of how rare they are. The form harvinaisemman appears when the modified noun is in the genitive case or when the phrase is part of a noun phrase requiring genitive.

In use, harvinaisemman modifies a following noun that is in genitive, for example: harvinaisemman lajin esiintyminen (the occurrence of the rarer species) or harvinaisemman ilmiön tutkimus (the study of the rarer phenomenon). By contrast, in nominative position you would use harvinaisempi, as in harvinaisempi laji (a rarer species). The form harvinaisemman is thus a morphological variant tied to case rather than a separate lexical item.

Grammatically, harvinaisempi follows the general Finnish pattern for comparative adjectives. It is formed from harvinainen by adding the comparative suffix and then inflecting to match the case and number of the noun it modifies. The genitive singular ending on harvinaisempi yields harvinaisemman, which then combines with the genitive noun it describes.

Usage notes: harvinaisemman is common in formal or analytic registers, including scientific, academic, and journalistic Finnish, where precise comparison of rarity or frequency is required. Its meaning is context-dependent and relies on the accompanying noun to specify what is being evaluated as more rare.