väkisin
Finnish
Alternative forms
- (colloquial) väkisten
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *väkicin, equivalent to väki (“force”) + -isin, or the instructive plural of väkinen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋækisin/, [ˈʋæk̟is̠in]
- Rhymes: -ækisin
- Syllabification(key): vä‧ki‧sin
Adverb
väkisin
- by force, involuntarily
- (figuratively) in a forced manner (produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere)
Synonyms
- väen vängällä
- vängällä
- ikinsokin (dialectal)
Derived terms
- puoliväkisin
- väen väkisin
- väkisinmaata
- väkisinmakaaminen
Further reading
- “väkisin”, 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 2023-07-04
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