suuren

Suuren is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective suuri, meaning large, big, or great. As a grammatical form, it is used before a noun to show a genitive relationship, such as possession or association, rather than as a standalone word.

In Finnish, adjectives decline to match the noun in case and number. Suuren is used with a singular noun in the genitive; the noun itself is typically in genitive as well, and the phrase often appears before the noun it modifies. A typical noun phrase is formed with both the adjective and the noun in the genitive, as in suuren talon ikkuna, meaning the window of the large house, or suurien kaupungin asukkaat, meaning the inhabitants of the large city.

The partitive singular form of the adjective is suurta, used when the object is indefinite or part of a larger ongoing action, for example Näin suurta taloa, I saw a large house.

Etymology and related forms: suur- comes from the Finnish root for “large.” It is cognate with Estonian suur and other Finnic languages, reflecting a common Proto-Finnic origin for the word meaning large or great. The form suuren is one of several inflected variants of suurelta, suuret, and similar forms that appear across different cases and numbers in Finnish grammar.