Säilimisele

Säilimisele is an Estonian allative form of the noun säilimine, which denotes the process or state of preserving, maintaining, or keeping something in a certain condition. Säilimine covers preservation of food, cultural heritage, data, ecosystems, as well as legal or administrative retention. The allative case -le expresses direction toward the state of preservation or toward a place or institution responsible for preservation, and it is used with verbs that indicate placing something into preservation or considering it for preservation.

In practical usage, säilimisele is common in archival, museum, and records-management language. Phrases such as “dokumendid võeti säilimisele” (the documents were taken into preservation) or “kaitsealuste materjalide säilimisele jätmine” (keeping the protected materials under preservation) illustrate its function. The formation is from säilimine (preservation) with the allative suffix -le; it is distinct from “säilimise” (genitive) and “säilitamine” (conservation or retention), which may cover related but slightly different meanings.

Usage notes: In formal Estonian, säilimisele may appear in legal or administrative contexts to indicate placing objects or records under formal preservation or custody. Some contexts may prefer võtmine säilimisele or panemine säilimisele to express the action more explicitly.

See also: säilimine, säilitamine, arhivaal, arhiveerimine.