Suurille

Suurille is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective suuri, meaning large or great. It represents the allative plural form, used when the adjective modifies a plural noun in the allative case, indicating direction toward or benefit for those entities.

In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun in number and case. Therefore, when the noun is plural and in the allative case, the adjective takes the corresponding allative ending, yielding suurille. This form commonly appears before a plural noun in allative phrases, such as suurille yrityksille or suurille yleisöille.

Usage examples include phrases like suurille yrityksille suunnattu ohjelma, meaning “a program aimed at large companies,” and suurille yleisöille suunnattu kampanja, meaning “a campaign aimed at large audiences.” In these constructions, both the adjective and the noun are in the allative plural, conveying the beneficiary or target group.

Relation to other forms: suurille is one of several inflected forms of suur- (or suuri), which change according to number and case. Other cases and numbers yield different endings, while the root meaning remains related to size or importance. Finnish adjectives generally align with the nouns they describe, and suurille exemplifies how the allative case interacts with plural agreement in adjectives.

See also: Finnish language; Finnish grammar; Allative case; Adjective agreement.