iskeä
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *iskedäk. May be related to Erzya эшкемс (eškems).
Pronunciation
Verb
iskeä
- (transitive, usually atelic) to strike, hit
- Synonym: lyödä
- Pentti oli iskenyt Markkua lekalla kasvoihin.
- Pentti had struck Markku in the face with sledgehammer.
- (intransitive, military) to strike, raid (perform an attacking maneuver)
- Joukkue iskee ja joko tuhoaa vihollisen tai pakottaa sen perääntymään.
- The platoon shall strike the enemy, either destroying it or forcing it to retreat.
- to crack down [with illative ‘on’] (to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly)
- Viranomaiset yrittävät iskeä pyhien aikana rattijuopumukseen.
- The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to have, get suddenly (of an event or state)
- Olin aikeissa tehdä sen vanhaan tapaan, kun iski neronleimaus.
- I was about to do it the old-fashioned way when I suddenly had a stroke-of-genius.
- Eilen iski pahanlainen migreeni.
- I got a bad migraine yesterday.
- (informal, transitive, usually atelic) to hit on, flirt (to try to get someone romantically interested in oneself)
- (informal, transitive, by extension) to get someone (succeed in making someone interested in oneself)
- (dialectal, Ostrobothnia, Savonia, South Karelia) to ply (thread)
- Synonyms: kerrata, palmikoida
Conjugation
| Inflection of iskeä (Kotus type 58/laskea, no gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | isken | en iske | 1st sing. | olen iskenyt | en ole iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | isket | et iske | 2nd sing. | olet iskenyt | et ole iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | iskee | ei iske | 3rd sing. | on iskenyt | ei ole iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | iskemme | emme iske | 1st plur. | olemme iskeneet | emme ole iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | iskette | ette iske | 2nd plur. | olette iskeneet | ette ole iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | iskevät | eivät iske | 3rd plur. | ovat iskeneet | eivät ole iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | isketään | ei isketä | passive | on isketty | ei ole isketty | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | iskin | en iskenyt | 1st sing. | olin iskenyt | en ollut iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | iskit | et iskenyt | 2nd sing. | olit iskenyt | et ollut iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | iski | ei iskenyt | 3rd sing. | oli iskenyt | ei ollut iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | iskimme | emme iskeneet | 1st plur. | olimme iskeneet | emme olleet iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | iskitte | ette iskeneet | 2nd plur. | olitte iskeneet | ette olleet iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | iskivät | eivät iskeneet | 3rd plur. | olivat iskeneet | eivät olleet iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | iskettiin | ei isketty | passive | oli isketty | ei ollut isketty | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | iskisin | en iskisi | 1st sing. | olisin iskenyt | en olisi iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | iskisit | et iskisi | 2nd sing. | olisit iskenyt | et olisi iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | iskisi | ei iskisi | 3rd sing. | olisi iskenyt | ei olisi iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | iskisimme | emme iskisi | 1st plur. | olisimme iskeneet | emme olisi iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | iskisitte | ette iskisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte iskeneet | ette olisi iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | iskisivät | eivät iskisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat iskeneet | eivät olisi iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | iskettäisiin | ei iskettäisi | passive | olisi isketty | ei olisi isketty | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | iske | älä iske | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | iskeköön | älköön iskekö | 3rd sing. | olkoon iskenyt | älköön olko iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | iskekäämme | älkäämme iskekö | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | iskekää | älkää iskekö | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | iskekööt | älkööt iskekö | 3rd plur. | olkoot iskeneet | älkööt olko iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | iskettäköön | älköön iskettäkö | passive | olkoon isketty | älköön olko isketty | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | iskenen | en iskene | 1st sing. | lienen iskenyt | en liene iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | iskenet | et iskene | 2nd sing. | lienet iskenyt | et liene iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | iskenee | ei iskene | 3rd sing. | lienee iskenyt | ei liene iskenyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | iskenemme | emme iskene | 1st plur. | lienemme iskeneet | emme liene iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | iskenette | ette iskene | 2nd plur. | lienette iskeneet | ette liene iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | iskenevät | eivät iskene | 3rd plur. | lienevät iskeneet | eivät liene iskeneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | iskettäneen | ei iskettäne | passive | lienee isketty | ei liene isketty | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | iskeä | present | iskevä | iskettävä | |||||||||||||||||
| long 1st1 |
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past | iskenyt | isketty | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | iskiessä | iskettäessä | agent4 | iskemä | ||||||||||||||||
|
negative | iskemätön | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | iskien | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | iskemässä | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | iskemästä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | iskemään | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | iskemällä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | iskemättä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | iskemän | iskettämän | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th3 | verbal noun | iskeminen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th1 |
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Derived terms
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Further reading
- “iskeä”, 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 2023-07-02
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