suurissa

Suurissa is a Finnish word-form that functions as the inessive plural form of the adjective suuri, meaning large or big. It is used with plural nouns to express location “in the large ones” or “in large [things],” and commonly appears in phrases describing places or objects that are large in size. For example, suurissa taloissa means “in the large houses,” and suurissa kaupungeissa means “in the large cities.” The form is not used on its own as a noun; it is a grammatical inflection that accompanies a plural noun.

In typical Finnish syntax, suurissa combines with a plural noun in the noun phrase and shares the case information (inessive) required by the sentence. The overall meaning depends on the noun it modifies, but the sense is generally that the referenced items are large relative to some other set. Because Finnish adjectives do not indicate gender, number, or definiteness independently, suurissa derives its meaning from both the adjective stem and the accompanying plural noun.

Etymology and morphology: suurissa derives from the adjective suuri, with the standard Finnish inessive plural suffix attached to the stem and the noun it modifies. The exact form results from regular Finnish declension rules for adjectives in the inessive plural with plural nouns.

Notable usage: suurissa does not denote a specific place or widely recognized concept by itself. It is primarily a grammatical form used in descriptive, narrative, or academic Finnish to refer to large entities in a plural context. In isolation, it is best understood as a directional or locational modifier within larger phrases.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, inessive case, noun phrases.