ällikkä

Finnish

Etymology

älli (“wit”) +‎ -kkä

Noun

ällikkä

surprise, awe; only appears in the idiomatic expression lyödä ällikällä (“to strike with awe”) and its inflected forms

Usage notes

ällikällä lyöty : awestruck

Declension

Only used in adessive singular.

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