pidemmiksi

Pidemmiksi is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective pidempi, meaning “longer.” It is the translative plural form used to express a change of state into a longer condition when the subject is plural. The corresponding singular form is pidemmäksi, used with a singular subject, whereas pidemmiksi is used with plural subjects or when referring to multiple items becoming longer.

In practice, pidemmiksi appears in sentences describing something becoming longer in length, duration, or extent, typically with a plural noun. It marks a transformation into a state characterized by greater length or extent. The form is a standard part of Finnish morphology and is common in descriptive or procedural language, including written and formal contexts.

Examples:

- Polut muuttuvat pidemmäiksi. (The paths are becoming longer.)

- Reitit muuttuvat pidemmiksi. (The routes are becoming longer.)

- Hän haluaa tehdä reitistä pidemmäksi. (He/She wants to make the route longer.)

Compared with the singular pidemmäksi, pidemmiksi emphasizes plurality of the items undergoing change. The construction mirrors how other adjectives in the translative plural behave, and it is used across various domains, including geography, planning, and narrative description.