Salaiseksi

Salaiseksi is a Finnish adjective form used to express that something has become secret or has been designated as secret. It is the translative singular form of the adjective salainen, which means secret or confidential. In Finnish, the translative case often indicates a change of state or designation, roughly “to become” or “to turn into.”

Usage and examples

Salaiseksi is typically used with verbs of becoming, such as tulla or muuttua, to indicate that something has taken on the quality of being secret. It can also follow the verb tehdä to denote making something secret. Examples: Tiedot tulivat salaisiksi. (The information became secret.) Hän teki asiakirjan salaiseksi. (He/She made the document secret.)

Plural form and related phrases

The plural translative form is salaisiksi, used with plural subjects: Asiakirjat tulivat salaisiksi. It can also appear in other constructions that express turning into secret, or designation as secret in official or formal contexts.

Relation to related terms

Salaiseksi derives from salainen (secret). Related nouns include salaisuus (secret, secrecy) and related adjectives such as julkinen (public) that express the opposite concept. The term is primarily used in formal or administrative language rather than everyday casual speech.

Etymology and note

The form comes from the adjective salainen with the translative suffix -ksi (-ksi), reflecting a change of state. While it can appear in literary or legal contexts, the word is not typically used to mean “secretly” in the sense of doing something covertly; that sense is usually conveyed with other expressions.