suuria

Suuria is a Finnish word that functions as the plural partitive form of the adjective suuri, meaning large or big. In Finnish, adjectives do not change for gender and must agree with the noun they describe in number and case. The nominative plural form is suuret, while suuria is used in the partitive plural, often indicating an indefinite amount or a direct object.

In practical use, suuria describes multiple nouns in contexts where the partitive case is required or preferred. For example: Minä näen suuria rakennuksia, meaning “I see large buildings.” The partitive form also appears after negation or with expressions of quantity, as in En näe suuria rakennuksia (I do not see large buildings) or Haluan suuria, but not too many examples here. Other common combinations include suuria ihmisiä, suuria etuja, and suuria suunnitelmia, illustrating versatility across concrete and abstract senses.

Semantically, suuria often conveys a focus on size relative to a reference set or expectation, rather than absolute size alone. It frequently appears in descriptive phrases, comparisons, or when emphasizing scale within a larger context. The word is closely related to other Finnish adjectives for size, such as iso, and to the superlative forms like suurimmat, which express the largest in a group.

Etymology traces suuria to the Finnish root suur-, derived from the Proto-Finnic word for “large.” Its cognates appear in related Finno-Ugric languages, notably Estonian suur, meaning “big.” As a standard dictionary entry, suuria is primarily understood as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept.