kevyemmät

Kevyemmät is the Finnish plural nominative form of the comparative adjective kevyempi, meaning lighter in weight or less heavy. The positive form is kevyt, and kevyempi is formed by adding the comparative suffix -empi to the stem kevy-. When the comparison involves multiple items, kevyempi takes the plural ending -t, producing kevyemmät.

Kevyemmät is used to compare two or more items in terms of weight, heft, or burden, but the sense can also be extended to other kinds of lightness. For example, it can describe physical weight (kevyemmät kengät, lighter shoes), material properties (kevyemmät rakennusmateriaalit, lighter construction materials), or metaphorical lightness such as ease of use, digestion, or workload (kevyemmät ratkaisut, lighter solutions; kevyemmät ruoat, lighter foods).

In sentences, kevyemmät generally sits with a plural noun as the subject or as a predicate adjective: Nämä kengät ovat kevyemmät kuin nuo kengät. Keveämmät vaihtoehdot voivat säästää aikaa ja kustannuksia. The corresponding superlative form for a single item is kevyin, and for multiple items in the superlative, kevyimmät.

Origin and relation: kevyempi derives from kevyt, a native Finnish word denoting lack of heaviness or ease. Kevyemmät is one of many comparative forms used to describe relative degree in Finnish adjectives.