lykätä

Lykätä is a Finnish verb meaning to postpone, delay, or defer an action, event, or decision to a later time. It is transitive and typically takes a noun phrase representing what is postponed (for example kokouksen lykkääminen, tapaamisen lykkääminen, päätöksen lykkääminen).

Usage and nuance: Lykätä implies delaying rather than canceling. It is commonly used in administrative, business, and everyday scheduling contexts. It is often contrasted with peruuttaa (to cancel) and with siirtää (to move to another time) or viivästyttää (to cause a delay). The choice of lykätä can convey that a postponement is planned or requested rather than forced by external factors.

Grammatical notes: Lykätä belongs to the Finnish -ä verb class and follows the standard inflection patterns of -ä verbs in its conjugation. The noun form lyk­kä­äminen (postponing) is commonly used in formal or written Finnish, as in kokouksen lykkääminen.

Examples:

Kokouksen lykkääminen siirtää tapahtuman myöhemmäksi.

Päätöksen lykkääminen vaatii lisätietoja.