jämäkkä

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jämäkkä. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jämäkkä, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jämäkkä in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jämäkkä you have here. The definition of the word jämäkkä will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjämäkkä, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: jamakka

Finnish

Etymology

From the root *jämä- of jämeä (adjective ending substitution: *-eA ~ *-(A)kk(A)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

jämäkkä (comparative jämäkämpi, superlative jämäkin or jämäköin)

  1. stout (materially strong)
  2. assertive (confident without being aggressive)

Declension

Possessive forms of jämäkkä (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Derived terms

Further reading