suuruisessa

Suuruisessa is a Finnish inessive form that appears with the noun suurus or suuruus, and is used to express “in size,” “in magnitude,” or “on a large scale.” In standard modern Finnish, the most common inessive forms to convey related meanings are suuruksessa or suuruudessa, but suuruisessa can occur in historical texts, dialects, or as part of fixed expressions. The form demonstrates how Finnish uses case endings to indicate location or extent in descriptive phrases.

Etymology and form: The word is built from a root related to size or magnitude and carries the inessive suffix -ssa/-ssä. Its usage is typically predicative or adjectival within compounds that describe scale, amount, or scope. Because Finnish has multiple ways to express large scale, suuruisessa is not always interchangeable with all its near-synonyms, and its appearance may be marked by stylistic or temporal variation.

Usage and examples: Suuruisessa

- Luennon aihe käsiteltiin suuruisessa mittakaavassa, osoittaen ilmiön laajan vaikutusalan. (The topic was discussed on a large scale, showing the broad range of the phenomenon.)

- Tutkimus tehtiin suuruisessa mittakaavassa, keräten dataa useilta alueilta. (The study was conducted on a large scale, collecting data from several areas.)

Note: In many contemporary contexts, speakers might prefer clearer phrases such as suurissa määrissä, suurissa mittakaavoissa, or laajassa mittakaavassa to avoid ambiguity.

See also: Finnish grammar, inessive case, numeral and quantity phrases, suuruus, suurus.

Suuruisessa functions as a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept; its exact prominence varies with register and historical usage.