ilmi

< ilma (“air”) +‎ -i (“lative ending”)

ilmi

1. public, known, to the daylight, to the open (ceasing to be secret, unknown or hidden)

   käydä ilmi / tulla ilmi

   to be revealed, to transpire, to become known, to be brought to the daylight

   tuoda ilmi / saattaa ilmi

   to reveal, to bring to the open

   antaa ilmi

   to blow the whistle, to inform, to report

2. (as modifier) completely, very much

   ilmiselvä ― obvious / completely clear

   ilmi elävä ― very much alive

3. (as modifier) real, true

   Kinastelu muuttui vähitellen ilmiriidaksi.

   Quarreling turned little by little into a real fight.

Usually written as an open (spaced) compound together with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, but only as a closed compound with verbs. Some commonly used collocations may be written both ways: ilmiselvä / ilmi selvä, ilmiliekki / ilmi liekki, ilmiriita / ilmi riita, and yet others are always closed: ilmiantaja, ilmianto, ilmiasu, ilmitulo.

• (to the open): julki

  (to be revealed): osoittautua

  (to reveal): paljastaa

  (to report): ilmiantaa

• (completely): täysin
• (real, true): todellinen

• ilmeinen (obvious)

ilmi

1. indefinite dative singular of ilmur

ilmi

1. accusative singular of ilim
2. third-person singular possessive of ilim