sinnempi
Finnish
Etymology
From sinn- (“there (far away)”) + -mpi (comparative suffix) (compare se (“it”), siinä (“(in) there”), sinne (“(into) there”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsinːempi/, [ˈs̠inːe̞mpi]
- Rhymes: -inːempi
- Syllabification(key): sin‧nem‧pi
Adjective
sinnempi (not comparable)
- closer to it (of a distant, unseen thing)
- Coordinate terms: tännempi, tuonnempi
- (by extension) closer in time to that
- (by extension) later
Declension
| Inflection of sinnempi (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 sinnempainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sinnemmin | |
| abessive | sinnemmatta | sinnemmitta | |
| comitative | — | sinnempine | |
| Possessive forms of sinnempi (type vanhempi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sinnempani | sinnempamme |
| 2nd person | sinnempasi | sinnempanne |
| 3rd person | sinnempansa | |
Derived terms
- sinnempänä (“at what is closer to it”)
- sinnempää (“away from what is closer to it”)
- sinnemmäs, sinnemmäksi (“to what is closer to it”)