Suureilla

Suureilla is a Finnish adjective form used in the plural adessive case. It is the form of laajasti used adjective suurI when describing plural nouns in the adessive. In practice, it means “on the large ones” or “at the large ones,” and it appears in phrases where the modified noun is plural and in the adessive mood.

Morphology and usage

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. For a plural noun in the adessive, the adjective takes the -illa/-illä ending, resulting in suureilla. The corresponding noun phrase would typically be iets like suureilla rakennuksilla or suureilla esineillä, depending on the noun in use. This form helps express location, presence, or context involving multiple large items.

Examples

Suureilla rakennuksilla on suuret ikkunat. This sentence means “On the large buildings there are large windows,” illustrating how suureilla modifies rakennuksilla (plural, adessive) while the predicate describes the plural noun ikkunat.

Etymology and related forms

Suureilla derives from the adjective suuri, with the standard adessive plural suffix -illa. Related forms include suuruus (size), suurempi (larger), and other case- and number-specific endings for adjectives in Finnish. The form is primarily a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical item.

See also

Finnish grammar, adessive case, adjective declension.