syvimpiä

Syvimpiä is a Finnish adjective form meaning “the deepest” or “the most profound” in the plural partitive. It is the partitive plural form of the superlative degree derived from the adjective syvä (deep). In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, and the partitive plural ending -ia/-ä is used when the noun is in the partitive case or when quantities are indefinite.

The word is typically used with abstract or emotionally strong nouns in the partitive case, for example syvimpiä tunteita (the deepest emotions), syvimpiä ajatuksia (the deepest thoughts), or syvimpiä muistoja (the deepest memories). This usage emphasizes depth or intensity and is common in literary, philosophical, or expressive contexts.

In contrast, when the noun is in the nominative plural and definite, a different form is used, such as syvimmät, which would translate roughly to “the deepest” in a more definite plural sense. The distinction between syvimpiä and syvimmät reflects Finnish grammar’s system of case and number endings for adjectives, and choosing between them depends on the syntactic role of the modified noun.

Overall, syvimpiä functions as a particularly expressive form of the superlative degree, conveying a strong sense of profundity or emotional depth and is most often found in written or rhetorical Finnish.