iskeä

From Proto-Finnic *iskedäk. May be related to Erzya эшкемс (eškems).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiskeæˣ/,
• Rhymes: -iskeæ
• Hyphenation^(key): is‧keä

iskeä

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to strike, hit

   Synonym: lyödä

   Pentti oli iskenyt Markkua lekalla kasvoihin.

   Pentti had struck Markku in the face with sledgehammer.

2. (intransitive, military) to strike, raid (perform an attacking maneuver)

   Joukkue iskee ja joko tuhoaa vihollisen tai pakottaa sen perääntymään.

   The platoon shall strike the enemy, either destroying it or forcing it to retreat.

3. to crack down (to enforce more stringently or more thoroughly)

   Viranomaiset yrittävät iskeä pyhien aikana rattijuopumukseen.

   The authorities are trying to crack down on drunk driving during the holidays.

4. (intransitive, idiomatic) to have, get suddenly (of an event or state)

   Olin aikeissa tehdä sen vanhaan tapaan, kun iski neronleimaus.

   I was about to do it the old-fashioned way when I suddenly had a stroke-of-genius.

   Eilen iski pahanlainen migreeni.

   I got a bad migraine yesterday.

5. (informal, transitive, usually atelic) to hit on, flirt (to try to get someone romantically interested in oneself)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) pokata, (colloquial, dated) hakkailla

   Olen iskenyt sinua viikkoja.

   I've been flirting with you for weeks.

6. (informal, transitive, by extension) to get someone (succeed in making someone interested in oneself)

   Synonyms: saada, (colloquial) pokata

   Naisten iskeminen on helppoa. Katso ja opi.

   Getting women is easy. Watch and learn.

7. (dialectal, Ostrobothnia, Savonia, South Karelia) to ply (thread)

   Synonyms: kerrata, palmikoida

• hyökätä
• käydä kimppuun

• “iskeä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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