löyhemmissä

löyhemmissä is a Finnish grammatical form used to describe something more loose in plural contexts. It is the inessive plural form of the comparative adjective löyhä, meaning “loose” or “slack.” The form appears when the adjective functions with a plural noun in the inessive case, for example to indicate “in looser [ones].”

Morphology and formation: The base adjective is löyhä, and its comparative is löyhempi. In the plural inessive, this becomes löyhemmissä. This form is typically used directly before a plural noun (in a predicative role) or in front of a noun phrase that is understood to be in the inessive plural. For instance, löyhemmissä olosuhteissa means “in looser conditions,” and löyhemmissä housuissa means “in looser pants.”

Usage: Löyhemmissä is commonly used in descriptions of clothing fit, textiles, or other tangible items where a looser or more relaxed state is being contrasted with a previous or alternative state. It can also appear in discussions of settings or conditions where greater looseness or flexibility is present. The form is standard in written and spoken Finnish and is typically found in contexts involving comparison and spatial or situational descriptions.

Examples:

- Nämä farkut ovat löyhemmissä kuin edelliset. (These jeans are looser than the previous ones.)

- Kokeilussa testattiin materiaaleja löyhemmissä olosuhteissa. (The materials were tested in looser conditions.)

See also: Finnish adjectives, comparative forms, inessive case.

Notes: Löyhemmissä is a precise grammatical form and should be used with plural nouns requiring the inessive or in the predicative position where the phrase denotes being in a state of greater looseness. It is not typically used as a standalone noun.