pidemmät

Pidemmät is a Finnish adjective form meaning longer or more lengthy, used to compare two or more items. It is the plural nominative form of pidempi, the comparative degree of the adjective pitkä (long). The suffix -mpi marks comparison, and the plural nominative ending -t indicates multiple referents. The stem may undergo a minor internal change when moving from the base pitk- to pidem-, a characteristic pattern in Finnish comparatives.

The form pidemmät appears when describing several things that are longer than others. For example, Nämä polut ovat pidemmät kuin nuo. or Pidemmät hiukset voivat vaatia enemmän hoitoa. In plural contexts, pidemmät modifies a plural noun, such as polut, hiukset, or matkat.

Related forms include pidempi (singular nominative), pidempää (partitive singular), and pidempiä (partitive plural). The latter, pidempiä matkoja, illustrates how the comparative form combines with partitive to express indefiniteness or amount.

Usage notes: pidemmät is primarily used for explicit comparison or when the length characteristic is central to the statement. In non-comparative contexts, other adjectives or phrases are used. Because Finnish adjectives decline with the noun, the form must agree in number and case with the noun it modifies.

See also: Finnish grammar of comparatives, adjective declension, comparative suffix -mpi, stem alternations in pidempi.