Suurikokoisina

Suurikokoisina is Finnish and refers to the adjective suurikokoinen in its essive plural form, used to describe something as being in the state of having a large size. In English it can be translated roughly as “as large-sized ones” or “in large size” when speaking about several items or organisms. The essive case in Finnish conveys a temporary state or role, and the plural form is used when the reference is to multiple referents.

In practice, suurikokoisina appears in descriptive or scientific writing, field notes, and catalogs where objects or organisms are grouped by size. It is most common when writers want to emphasize the size category of a set rather than the exact measurements of individual items. The form helps to succinctly indicate a classification based on size within a larger description.

Examples of use are typically short and descriptive. For instance, a caption might read: “Kuvassa eläimet ovat suurikokoisina.” or “Lajiryhmä jaoteltiin pienikokoisiin ja suurikokoisina yksilöihin.” Such usages are descriptive rather than normative, and the form mainly serves linguistic precision in Finnish texts dealing with size-based categorization.

See also: Finnish grammar, essive case, adjective declension, size-based classification.