oht
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Similar roots exist in ohutama (“to cure a disease with traditional medicine or magic”), ohter (“a large amount of something”).
Noun edit
oht (genitive ohu, partitive ohtu)
- danger, hazard
- varinguoht ― risk of collapsing
Declension edit
| Declension of oht (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oht | ohud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | ohu | ||
| genitive | ohtude | ||
| partitive | ohtu | ohte ohtusid | |
| illative | ohtu ohusse |
ohtudesse ohesse | |
| inessive | ohus | ohtudes ohes | |
| elative | ohust | ohtudest ohest | |
| allative | ohule | ohtudele ohele | |
| adessive | ohul | ohtudel ohel | |
| ablative | ohult | ohtudelt ohelt | |
| translative | ohuks | ohtudeks oheks | |
| terminative | ohuni | ohtudeni | |
| essive | ohuna | ohtudena | |
| abessive | ohuta | ohtudeta | |
| comitative | ohuga | ohtudega | |
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “oht”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htu (“persecution, fate, destiny, fear”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ōht f
Declension edit
Declension of oht (strong ō-stem)