väkisin
Finnish
editAlternative forms
edit- (colloquial) väkisten
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *väkicin, equivalent to väki (“force”) + -isin, or the instructive plural of väkinen.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editväkisin
- by force, involuntarily
- (figuratively) in a forced manner (produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere)
Synonyms
edit- väen vängällä
- vängällä
- ikinsokin (dialectal)
Derived terms
editFurther 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