löyhemmästä

Löyhemmästä is a Finnish term that appears mainly in regional dialects and in some literary or quoted speech. It is used to express the idea of something being from a looser state or described as “more loosely” than another. In standard Finnish, the exact form löyhemmästä is not common; the idea is usually conveyed with löyhemmin (more loosely) or with a noun phrase in the appropriate case, for example referring to a state or set of rules.

Etymology and morphology: löyhä means loose. The idea of “more loose” is formed with the comparative concept, yielding löyhempi in standard usage. The suffix -stä marks the elative case, so löyhemmästä appears in dialectal constructions where the speaker wants to indicate origin or source from a looser state or condition. Because Finnish adjectives do not normally carry the elative on their own, löyhemmästä is understood as part of a dialectal phrase rather than a standard grammatical form.

Usage: The term is largely limited to dialectal speech, quotations, or texts aiming to evoke regional color. Its precise meaning can be context-dependent and may be unfamiliar to speakers of standard Finnish. When writing formally, it is typically safer to use löyhemmin or to rephrase to a noun phrase in the appropriate case.

See also: Finnish dialects, comparative forms, elative case, standard Finnish grammar.