äkeissään

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Finnish

Etymology

Inessive plural of äkeä with 3rd person possessive suffix -an (-än).

Inflection

Adverb

äkeissään (+ possessive suffix)

  1. (in third person) in the state of being irascible, irked, irritated, sullen, angry
    Äiti on ollut äkeissään jo viikon.
    Mother has been sullen already for a week.
    Äkeissäni sanoin asioita, joita en oikeasti tarkoittanut.
    When I was angry I said things that I didn't really mean.

Usage notes

  • äkeissään is a third-person form