väkisin
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Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (colloquial) väkisten
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *väkicin, equivalent to väki (“force”) + -isin, or the instructive plural of väkinen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
väkisin
- by force, involuntarily
- (figuratively) in a forced manner (produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere)
Synonyms[edit]
- väen vängällä
- vängällä
- ikinsokin (dialectal)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “väkisin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04