sinnempi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sinne (“there (far away)”) + -mpi (comparative suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sinnempi (not comparable)
- closer to it (of a distant, unseen thing)
- (by extension) closer in time to that
- (by extension) later
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sinnempi (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation) | |||
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nominative | sinnempi | sinnemmat | |
genitive | sinnemman | sinnempien | |
partitive | sinnempaa | sinnempia | |
illative | sinnempaan | sinnempiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sinnempi | sinnemmat | |
accusative | nom. | sinnempi | sinnemmat |
gen. | sinnemman | ||
genitive | sinnemman | sinnempien sinnempain rare | |
partitive | sinnempaa | sinnempia | |
inessive | sinnemmassa | sinnemmissa | |
elative | sinnemmasta | sinnemmista | |
illative | sinnempaan | sinnempiin | |
adessive | sinnemmalla | sinnemmilla | |
ablative | sinnemmalta | sinnemmilta | |
allative | sinnemmalle | sinnemmille | |
essive | sinnempana | sinnempina | |
translative | sinnemmaksi | sinnemmiksi | |
abessive | sinnemmatta | sinnemmitta | |
instructive | — | sinnemmin | |
comitative | — | sinnempine |
Derived terms
[edit]- sinnempänä (“at what is closer to it”)
- sinnempää (“away from what is closer to it”)
- sinnemmäs, sinnemmäksi (“to what is closer to it”)