ylemmissä

ylemmissä is a Finnish word: the inessive plural inflection of the comparative adjective ylempi. Literally it means "in the upper/higher (ones)" and is used to indicate location or state within plural nouns that are higher in position, rank or degree.

Phonology and morphology: pronounced approximately /ˈylemːisːæ/, ylemmissä is built from the comparative stem ylemp- (from ylempi, "higher/upper") with the inessive plural ending -issä. In many comparative adjective inflections the sequence -mp- surfaces as -mm- before case endings, producing forms like ylemmissä.

Usage: ylemmissä commonly occurs in spatial contexts (e.g., ylemmissä kerroksissa — "in the upper floors") and in hierarchical or abstract contexts (e.g., ylemmissä asemissa — "in higher positions"). It typically modifies an explicit noun but can be used elliptically when the noun is implied (e.g., "Ylemmissä oli hiljaista" — "It was quiet upstairs").

Grammar notes: as an adjective form it agrees with the modified noun in number and case; it is not a standalone lexical noun though it may function adverbially or predicatively in context. The form is part of regular Finnish comparative adjective inflection and follows standard patterns of consonant gradation and case marking.