säilytettävä

Säilytettävä is a Finnish present passive participle form of the verb säilyttää, meaning “to preserve” or “to store.” As an adjective, it conveys the idea that something should be kept or stored under certain conditions, and it is commonly translated as “to be stored” or “to be kept.” The word is widely used in written Finnish, especially in instructions, labels, packaging, and safety or regulatory contexts.

Grammar and usage-wise, säilytettävä is an attributive participle that can modify a noun directly (säilytettävä aine, meaning “substance to be stored”) or appear in predicative constructions to express a requirement (Lääkettä on säilytettävä viileässä, meaning “the medicine must be stored in a cool place”). It forms the standard passive participle with the -ttävä suffix and can take standard inflections for adjectives: säilytettävän (genitive), säilytettävä (nominative), and so on.

In practical use, säilytettävä occurs on product labels, safety data sheets, and instructions where it is important to indicate preservation conditions. Phrases like “säilytettävä jääkaapissa” (store in the refrigerator), “säilytettävä valolta suojassa” (protect from light), or “säilytettävä kuivassa paikassa” (store in a dry place) are typical examples. The form communicates obligation or recommendation rather than a simple description.

Related forms include the active participle säilyttävä (keeping) and various inflected forms of the adjective for different cases. Säilytettävä thus functions as a concise linguistic tool to convey storage requirements clearly and officially within Finnish.