lievemmät

Lievemmät is Finnish, acting as the plural form of the comparative adjective lievempi. It conveys the sense of “milder” or “less severe” when describing multiple items or cases. The word is used in contexts where a comparison is made between degrees of a quality, such as symptoms, effects, punishments, or conditions.

In practice, lievemmät appears before a plural noun: lievemmät oireet (milder symptoms), lievemmät rangaistukset (less severe punishments), lievemmät vaikutukset (milder effects), lievemmät vaihtoehdot (milder alternatives). It can also appear in predicates, for example: Oireet eivät ole lievemmät kuin aiemmin. The corresponding singular form is lievempi, while the adverbial form is lievemmin and the superlative form is lievimmin.

Morphology and usage notes:

- Lievemmät is the plural nominative and plural accusative form, used with plural subjects or objects.

- The base adjective lievä describes something that is mild or lenient; lievemmät strengthens this sense in comparative contexts.

- It is common in medical, legal, environmental, and policy-related language, where precise gradations of severity or intensity matter.

- Lievemmät contrasts with lievemät, which is not standard; the correct plural form for the comparative is lievemmät.

Etymology: lievemmät derives from lievä (mild/lenient) plus the comparative ending, with the plural suffix -t applied to form lievemmät.

See also: lievä, lievempi, lievimmin (milder, milder degree forms), lievittäminen (alleviation).