heikommilla

Heikommilla is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the adessive plural of the comparative adjective heikompi, meaning weaker. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and the comparative form heikompi can be inflected to match a plural noun in the adessive case, producing heikommilla. The form is typically used when the noun it modifies is understood from context, so the adjective phrase stands with an implied plural noun such as ihmisillä or ryhmillä.

Morphology and formation: the base adjective is heikko, whose comparative form is heikompi. To express the adessive plural, the adjective stem combines with the plural adessive suffix -lla/-llä, yielding heikommilla. The resulting phrase generally appears with a following noun in a full sentence, but in elliptical constructions the noun can be omitted for conciseness.

Usage: heikommilla is most common in discourse about groups or categories where a distinction is drawn between stronger and weaker actors. It often appears with an implied noun, for example in a sentence like Heikommilla on pienemmät mahdollisuudet, meaning “The weaker ones have fewer opportunities.” It conveys a qualitative comparison across a plural set and is typical in social, political, or analytical writing when discussing disparities or distributions.

Notes: as a inflected form, heikommilla is not a standalone dictionary entry but a grammatical inflection of the adjective heikompi. It illustrates Finnish morphology where adjectives take case- and number-specific endings to align with the nouns they modify. See also Finnish adjectives and the adessive case for related concepts.

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