suurisuuntaista

Suurisuuntaista is a Finnish grammatical form that serves as the partitive singular of the adjective suurisuuntainen. The root idea is built from suur- meaning “great” or “large” and suunta meaning “direction,” with the suffix -inen forming an adjective. In Finnish, the partitive singular form often ends in -ista or -istä, so suurisuuntaista represents the adjective in a form used to modify a noun that appears in the partitive case.

In usage, suurisuuntaista describes something characterized by large scale or macro-level direction, but it is primarily a linguistic form rather than a standalone concept. It is commonly found in written Finnish when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, for example in phrases like suurisuuntaista tutkimusta or suurisuuntaista kehitystä. Such constructions are typical in academic, technical, or formal prose where the noun is not fully specified or is indefinite.

The term does not denote a widely recognized field or theory on its own; instead it illustrates Finnish grammar and inflection. Because suurisuuntaista is a form of suurisuuntainen, its interpretation depends on the noun it accompanies and the broader context. In everyday language, speakers may opt for more common expressions such as makro- or suurimittakaavainen when conveying the idea of “large-scale.”

See also: Finnish language, Finnish grammar, partitive case, adjectives, inflection.