iskeä
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *iskedäk. May be related to Erzya эшкемс (eškems).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiskeæˣ/, [ˈis̠ke̞æ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -iskeæ
- Syllabification(key): is‧ke‧ä
Verb
iskeä
- to strike, hit
- Synonym: lyödä
- Pentti oli iskenyt Markkua lekalla kasvoihin.
- Pentti had struck Markku in the face with sledgehammer.
- (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 (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.
- (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, + partitive) to hit on, flirt (to try to get someone romantically interested in oneself)
- Olen iskenyt sinua viikkoja.
- I've been flirting with you for weeks.
- Synonyms: (colloquial) pokata, (colloquial, dated) hakkailla
- (informal, + accusative, by extension) to get someone (succeed in making someone interested in oneself)
- Naisten iskeminen on helppoa. Katso ja opi.
- Getting women is easy. Watch and learn.
- Synonyms: saada, (colloquial) pokata
- (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. | ole iskenyt | älä ole iskenyt | |
| 3rd sing. | iskeköön | älköön iskekö | 3rd sing. | olkoon iskenyt | älköön olko iskenyt | |
| 1st plur. | iskekäämme | älkäämme iskekö | 1st plur. | olkaamme iskeneet | älkäämme olko iskeneet | |
| 2nd plur. | iskekää | älkää iskekö | 2nd plur. | olkaa iskeneet | älkää olko iskeneet | |
| 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 1st2 | iskeäkseen | past | iskenyt | isketty | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | iskiessä | iskettäessä | agent1, 3 | iskemä | |
| instructive | iskien | — | negative | iskemätön | ||
| 3rd | inessive | iskemässä | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | iskemästä | — | ||||
| illative | iskemään | — | ||||
| adessive | iskemällä | — | ||||
| abessive | iskemättä | — | ||||
| instructive | iskemän | iskettämän | ||||
| 4th | nominative | iskeminen | ||||
| partitive | iskemistä | |||||
| 5th2 | iskemäisillään | |||||
Derived terms
- adjectives: iskevä
- nouns: iskelmä, iskos, isku
- verbs: reflexive iskeytyä
Related terms
- hyökätä
- käydä kimppuun
Anagrams
- kesiä, sikeä