pidempi

Pidempi is the comparative form of the Finnish adjective pitkä, meaning longer or more long. It is used to compare length, distance, or duration between two or more items.

In Finnish, comparatives are typically formed with the suffix -mpi, and with pitkä this process yields pidempi, often involving minor stem changes or consonant adjustments. Example usages include phrases like "Tämä tie on pidempi kuin tuo" and "Matka oli pidempi kuin odotin."

Pidempi can appear in both attributive and predicative positions. It modifies a noun when describing a longer length or duration, as in "pidempi mäki" (a longer hill) or "pidempi aika" (a longer period). It is also used in comparisons introduced by kuin, meaning "than," as in "Keskiviikko on pidempi kuin tiistai" in casual contexts. The corresponding superlative form is pisin, meaning the longest.

Etymology traces pidempi to the Finnish adjective pitkä, via the standard comparative formation with the suffix -mpi. The word is a common part of everyday Finnish, used in written and spoken language to express greater length or extent.

See also: pitkä, pisin, kielioppi Suomen (Finnish grammar), vertailumuodot (comparative forms).