Noun: piska
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | piska |
| Sg. Def. | piskan |
| Pl. Indef. | piskor |
| Pl. Def. | piskorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | piskas |
| Sg. Def. | piskans |
| Pl. Indef. | piskors |
| Pl. Def. | piskornas |
Sample Sentences
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Hon piskade honom med en piska. (She whipped him with a whip.)
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Han gjorde en piska av repstumpar och drev ut allesammans ur templet. (He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple.) [2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Johannesevangeliet [John] 2:15”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025:]
Nouns inflected like piska
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from German Peitsche, likely from some Slavic language, compare Czech bič. Verb derived from noun. See: German Nouns '
Peitsche', Czech Nouns '
bič'.
Verbs referencing "piska"
Finnish Nouns
piiska, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
pisk.
Translations
flagellate, to whip or scourge
flog, to whip or scourge as punishment
switch, to hit with a switch (''rod'')
whip, to hit with a whip
whip, by extension, to hit with any flexible object