suurien

Suurien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective suur, meaning large or great. It is used when the noun that the adjective describes is in the genitive plural, a common grammatical construction in Finnish to indicate attributes of multiple items or a relational sense such as possession.

In practice, suurien appears before a genitive plural noun and combines with a head noun to form a complete phrase. Examples include: suurien rakennusten julkisivut, meaning the facades of the large buildings; suurien puiden varjot, meaning the shadows of the large trees; and suurien ihmisten tarinat, meaning the stories of the great people. In each case, the noun that the adjective modifies is in genitive plural (rakennusten, puiden, ihmisten), while the head noun remains in its standard form within the phrase.

Grammatical note: Finnish adjectives decline to match the noun in number and case. When the noun is genitive plural, the corresponding adjective form often ends in -ien, yielding suurien. The form is not a standalone word with independent meaning; it is a morphological variant used to express descriptive relationships within noun phrases.

Suurien is thus a regular feature of Finnish grammar rather than a separate lexical entry. It appears across formal and descriptive texts wherever a description applies to multiple items in a genitive plural context. See also Finnish adjective declension and noun phrase construction in genitive usage.