oht

Estonian

Etymology

(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

oht (genitive ohu, partitive ohtu)

  1. danger, hazard
    varinguoht ― risk of collapsing

Declension
Declension of oht (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative oht ohud
genitive ohu 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

Compounds

Further reading
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “oht”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ą̄htu (“persecution, fate, destiny, fear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oːxt/

Noun

ōht f

  1. chase or pursuit
  2. persecution
  3. fear, terror

Declension
Declension of oht (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ōht ōhta, ōhte
accusative ōhte ōhta, ōhte
genitive ōhte ōhta
dative ōhte ōhtum

Derived terms
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