pestä kätensä
Finnish
Etymology
pestä (“to wash”) kädet (“hands”) + -nsä (“third person possessive suffix”); to "wash one's hands".
Verb
- (idiomatic) to wash one's hands of (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with)
Usage notes
- "of" is expressed with elative case.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see pestä; kätensä takes the appropriate possessive suffix.