pahoinpidellä
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From pahoin (“badly”) + pidellä (“to treat, handle”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑhoi̯nˌpidelːæˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝ɦo̞i̯mˌpide̞lːæ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -idelːæ
- Syllabification(key): pa‧hoin‧pi‧del‧lä
Verb edit
pahoinpidellä
- (transitive) To maul, manhandle, assault, beat (up) (a person); to batter, be physically abusive of (one's spouse); to abuse (a child).
- (transitive) To abuse, mistreat, maltreat (an animal, machine, piece of furniture etc.).
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
- nouns: pahoinpitelijä, pahoinpitely
Further reading edit
- “pahoinpidellä”, 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 2023-07-03