laajamittaisiksi

Laajamittaisiksi is a Finnish grammatical form that serves as the translative plural of the adjective laajamittainen, meaning large-scale or extensive. The translative case (-ksi, plural -iksi) indicates a change of state, so laajamittaisiksi expresses a transition into a large-scale state when the subject is plural. It is commonly used in administrative, policy, research, and planning discourse to describe something that has become or is envisioned as large-scale.

Etymology and grammar: Laajamittainen is formed from laaja (wide, extensive) and mittainen (of a certain scale or measure). The adjective is inflected in Finnish, and when describing a plural subject as a change of state, it takes the translative plural form laajamittaisiksi. This form often appears with verbs of becoming, such as muuttua or tulla.

Usage context: The term is used in formal or technical language to discuss scope, scale, or coverage. It frequently appears in discussions of projects, programs, or policies that shift from a narrow to a broad application. It also serves to classify or compare initiatives in terms of their extent.

Examples: Hankkeen suunnitelmat muuttuivat laajamittaisiksi. Projektin vaikutukset muuttuivat laajamittaisiksi. In these sentences the subject (hankkeen suunnitelmat, projektin vaikutukset) is plural, and the predicate expresses a change into a large-scale form.

See also: laajamittainen, laajassa mittakaavassa, translatiivinen taivutus.