punaisempi

Punaisempi is the comparative form of the Finnish color adjective punainen, meaning red. It means “more red” or “redder” and is used to compare the redness of two or more items.

Morphology: The form is created by adding the comparative suffix -mpi to the stem of punainen, yielding punaisempi. Like other Finnish adjectives, it inflects for case and number: punaisemman (genitive singular), punaisempaa (partitive singular), punaisemmat (nominative plural), etc. It is used with kuin to form comparisons: Tämä väri on punaisempi kuin tuo.

Usage: It is common in everyday speech, journalism, design, and literature when describing shades of red or intensities of redness. Esimerkkejä: Tämä väri on punaisempi kuin tuo. Hän valitsi punaisemman paidan.

Etymology: Punaisempi is formed from punainen by adding the comparative suffix -mpi, a regular pattern in Finnish adjectives. The change preserves vowel harmony and typical Finnic inflection patterns.

See also: punainen; Finnish language; comparative degree in Finnish.