lyhyempi

Lyhyempi is the comparative form of the Finnish adjective lyhyt, meaning shorter or more brief. It is used to compare two or more things in terms of length, duration, or extent. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, so lyhyempi appears in the appropriate form for the sentence: for example, singular nominative lyhyempi, plural lyhyemmät, and corresponding inflected forms in other cases (lyhyemmän, lyhyempää, etc.).

Common usage includes attributive and predicative positions. Examples: Tämä tie on lyhyempi kuin se. Tämä polku on lyhyempi kuin tuo toinen. The phrase can also occur in predicative clauses: Matka tuntuu lyhyemmältä, meaning the journey feels shorter (using the comparative form in the elative/partitive context).

Etymology and formation: lyhyempi is formed by attaching the comparative suffix -empi to the stem related to lyhyt (short). In practice, the form reflects standard Finnish rules for comparative adjectives, often involving a stem alteration where necessary (for lyhyt, the result is lyhyempi).

Related forms include lyhyin (the shortest, superlative singular) and lyhyemmät (the shortest/multiple items in plural). The opposite of lyhyempi is pidempi (longer).

Notes: as a basic adjective in Finnish, lyhyempi is a straightforward example of the -mpi comparative pattern and is widely used in everyday language, writing, and reporting when brevity or shorter duration is being compared.