suht
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of suhteliselt.
Adverb edit
suht (not comparable)
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of suhteellisen. Compare Estonian suht.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
suht (not comparable) (informal)
- relatively, quite, pretty
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:melko
- 2023 May 28, Veli-Pekka Lehtonen, “Kaurismäen Cannes-palkinnossa on karvas maku, mutta sitä kannattaa silti juhlia”, in Helsingin Sanomat[1], retrieved 28 May 2023:
- On suht ainutlaatuista voittaa mitään palkintoa elokuvan olympialaisiksi kutsutussa tapahtumassa, johon parhaat pyrkivät ja jonne harva koskaan edes pääsee.
- It is quite unique to win any award in the event known as the Olympics of cinema, where the best strive to be and few ever get.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “suht”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *suhti, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz. Equivalent to sēoc + -þ. Cognate with Old Saxon suht, Old High German suht, Old Norse sótt, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (sauhts).
Noun edit
suht f
Declension edit
Declension of suht (strong i-stem)
Derived terms edit
- hriþsuht f (“fever”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “suht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, whence also Old English suht, Old Norse sótt.
Noun edit
suht f