epäillä

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[edit] Finnish

(index ep)

[edit] Etymology

Originally the frequentative aspect of the verb evätä.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧päil‧lä
  • Rhymes: lepäillä
  • IPA: /'epæilːæ(ʔ)/

[edit] Verb

epäillä

  1. (transitive, + partitive) To (have) doubt(s), question, wonder, be skeptical about, be doubtful.
  2. (transitive) To think, suspect, guess, imagine, conjecture, surmise, hypothesise/hypothesize, believe, suppose.
  3. (transitive, + partitive) To suspect, mistrust, (be) distrust(ful of), be suspicious of, harbour/harbor suspicions of, be apprehensive about, believe guilty.
  4. (intransitive) To feel uncertain, lack conviction, be indecisive, waver.

[edit] Conjugation

[edit] Synonyms

  • (to think, suspect, guess, imagine, conjecture, surmise, hypothesize, believe, suppose) uumoilla, luulla

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Verb

epäillä

  1. Impersonal indicative present connegative form of epäillä.