tiheämmät

Tiheämmät is a Finnish adjective form meaning thicker or denser. It functions as the plural, comparative form of tiheä and is used when comparing density or thickness for multiple items or a plural subject.

Formation and usage: The positive form is tiheä (dense, thick). The singular comparative is tiheämpi (thicker, denser). When the noun is plural and in the nominative case, the adjective takes the form tiheämmät to indicate “thicker” or “denser” in reference to several things. Tiheämmät is typically used with nouns describing physical density, crowding, or closeness, such as vegetation, hair, or weather conditions.

Contexts: Tiheämmät is common in descriptions of forests, hair, clouds, or population density, where several items share increased density relative to another group or time. It can also contrast two or more sets to highlight one as denser.

Examples:

- Hiukset ovat tiheämmät kuin aiemmin. (The hair is thicker than before.)

- Puut ovat tiheämmät tänä vuonna kuin viime vuonna. (The trees are denser/thicker this year than last year.)

- Pilvet olivat tiheämmät tänä aamuna. (The clouds were denser this morning.)

Notes: Tiheämmät is used with plural nouns; the corresponding singular form is tiheämpi, and the superlative would be tiheimmät (thickest/densest) in plural contexts. Related terms include tiheä (dense/thick) and tiheys (density).