syvällisintä

Syvällisintä is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the partitive singular of the superlative adjective syvällisin, meaning the most profound or deepest. It is used when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, or in constructions that require a partitive object.

Usage and examples

In practice, syvällisintä appears in contexts such as analysis, discussion, or inquiry where the object is indefinite or not fully counted. Examples include: “Hän pohti syvällisintä kysymystä” (He pondered the most profound question) and “Tarvitaan syvällisintä ymmärrystä” (What is needed is the most profound understanding). The form may also appear in written or formal language to stress a high degree of profundity.

Grammar notes

Syvällinen is the positive form meaning deep or profound. Its comparative is syvällisempi and its superlative is syvällisin. The partitive singular form of the superlative, syvällisintä, is used with nouns in the partitive case or with verbs that govern partitive objects. Other inflected forms of the same adjective follow the standard Finnish adjective declension patterns.

Etymology and use

The word derives from syvä, meaning deep, combined with the adjective-forming suffix -llinen. The superlative suffixing pattern yields syvällisin, with its partitive singular form syvällisintä. The term is relatively common in literary, analytical, and academic Finnish, where a high degree of depth or significance is being asserted.

See also

Syvällinen, syvällisempi, syvällisin, Finnish partitive declension.