kultaiseksi
Kultaiseksi is the translative form of the Finnish adjective kultainen, meaning golden or gold-coloured. In Finnish grammar, the translative case, marked by the ending -ksi, expresses a change of state or becoming something. Therefore kultaiseksi is used in predicative constructions to say that something has turned into gold or into a golden colour.
In practice, kultaiseksi describes a process of transformation rather than a static description. It is most
- Taivas muuttui kultaiseksi auringonlaskun jälkeen. (The sky became golden after the sunset.)
- Pöytä kahden vuosisadan jäljiltä näyttää kultaiselta, mutta ajan myötä se on muuttunut kultaiseksi. (This sentence illustrates
Related words include kultainen (golden), which is the base adjective, and other translative forms formed with
- Root: kulta (gold) + -ainen (adjective suffix) → kultainen (golden).
- Translative suffix -ksi marks a change of state, common with adjectives describing colour, material, or condition.
- Predicative use often follows verbs like tulla (to become), muuttua (to change), or jäädä (to grow
See also: Finnish translative case, Finnish adjectives, Finnish color terminology.