Suurimmalla

Suurimmalla is a Finnish grammatical form rather than a standalone concept. It is the adessive singular form of the superlative adjective suurin, meaning “the largest” or “the biggest.” In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so suurimmalla is used when the noun is singular and in the adessive case.

Etymology and form: the root is suurin (“largest”) plus the adessive suffix -lla, yielding suurimmalla. This form signals location or relation to the noun in the adessive case, as in expressions like “suurimmalla osalla” (on the largest part) or “suurimmalla paikkakunnalla” (in the largest municipality).

Usage notes: suurimmalla typically appears in descriptive or statistical prose, where the speaker points to the most prominent part of a set or the most important location. It is not a separate noun or proper name; rather, it is a grammatical form of the adjective suurin.

Examples:

- On suurimmalla osalla ihmisistä on hyvä olo. (For the largest part of people, there is a good feeling.)

- Suurimmalla paikkakunnalla on monipuoliset palvelut. (The largest municipality has diverse services.)

Related forms include suurimmilla (plural adessive), suurimmen (rare, alternative stylistic variant in some contexts), and other case-specific endings such as suurimmalle (allative) or suurimman (genitive). Understanding suurimmalla helps explain how Finnish marks degree and location together within noun phrases.