pelätä

      Finnish

      (index pe)

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *pelkä-, derived from Proto-Uralic *peli- of identical meaning (whence eg. Hungarian fél).

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: pe‧lä‧tä
      • IPA: /ˈpelætæ(ʔ)/

      Verb

      pelätä

      1. (transitive, + partitive) To fear, dread, be afraid of.
        Norsut pelkäävät hiiriä.
        The elephants are afraid of mice.

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      Last modified on 17 June 2013, at 20:21