Etymology

selvittää (“to investigate, find out; to clear”) +‎ -ysCategory:Finnish terms suffixed with -us (action)#SELVITYS

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈselʋitys/, [ˈs̠e̞lʋit̪ys̠]Category:Finnish 3-syllable words#SELVITYSCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVITYS
• Rhymes: -elʋitysCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/elʋitys#SELVITYSCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/elʋitys/3 syllables#SELVITYS
• Syllabification^(key): sel‧vi‧tys
• Hyphenation^(key): sel‧vi‧tys

Noun

selvitysCategory:Finnish lemmas#SELVITYSCategory:Finnish nouns#SELVITYSCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#SELVITYSCategory:Pages with entries#SELVITYSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SELVITYS

1. report (a document covering the description and results of an investigation) [with elative ‘on, about’]
2. investigating (the process of investigating)

   Synonyms: selvitystyö, selvittäminen

3. An oral presentation of a specific topic, especially of the actions of the speaker or the findings made by him. [with elative ‘about’]
4. (bankingCategory:fi:Banking#SELVITYS, financeCategory:fi:Finance#SELVITYS) clearing, clearance (process of completing and settling transactions centrally)

   Synonym: clearing

5. (aviationCategory:fi:Aviation#SELVITYS) clearance (permission for a vehicle to proceed)

Further reading

• “selvitys”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023