selkeitä

Selkeitä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective selkeä, meaning clear, explicit, or unambiguous. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so selkeä has several inflected forms. The form selkeitä is used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the partitive case, or when the quantity is indeterminate.

Examples of usage include phrases like: tarvitsemme selkeitä ohjeita (we need clear instructions) and selkeitä vastauksia (clear answers). By contrast, the nominative plural form of the adjective is selkeät, as in nämä ohjeet ovat selkeät (these instructions are clear).

Selkeä conveys clarity in structure and presentation, while the related word selvä can emphasize general understandability or immediacy. The two adjectives often overlap in meaning in English translations, but they carry slightly different nuance in Finnish usage.

The form selkeitä is common in writing about communication, education, and planning, including manuals, reports, and essays where clarity of expression is emphasized. Other inflected variants of selkeä include selkeää (partitive singular) and selkeiden (genitive plural), depending on the grammatical context. See also Finnish grammar, adjective inflection, and selkeä.