lämpimämpiä

Lämpimämpiä is the plural form of the Finnish adjective lämpimämpi, which is the comparative form of lämmin meaning “warm.” It is used when describing a warmer quality in relation to a plural noun, and it typically occurs in partitive or certain oblique cases.

Formation and usage

In Finnish, adjectives inflect for number and case in a way that mirrors nouns. The comparative stem becomes lämpimämpi for singular references, and for plural nouns in the partitive or certain other cases the form becomes lämpimämpiä. This form signals that multiple items are being described as warmer. For example, lämpimämpiä vaatteita means “warmer clothes” (describing multiple clothes in a partitive construction), and lämpimämpiä päiviä means “warmer days” (plural, partitive). In contrast, nominative plural forms of the comparative would typically appear as lämpimämmät when describing multiple items in a predicate/complement position without partitive marking.

Examples

- Lämpimämpiä vaatteita tarvitaan talvella. (Warmer clothes are needed in winter.)

- Odotamme lämpimämpiä päiviä jälkeen vilujen kylmien viikkojen jälkeen. (We await warmer days after the cold weeks.)

- Nämä takit ovat lämpimämpiä kuin nuo. (These jackets are warmer than those.)

Notes

Lämpimämpiä is not used for singular nouns or for all plural contexts; the exact ending depends on case and the role of the noun in the sentence. Finnish adjectives therefore agree with the noun they modify in number and case, with lämpimämpiä marking a plural, typically partitive, construction.

See also

lämmin, lämpimämpi, lämpimimmät, Finnish grammar of adjectives.