mahti
Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz; compare German Macht, English might and Swedish makt.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mah‧ti
- Rhymes: -ɑhti
- IPA(key): [ˈmɑhti]
Noun
mahti
Declension
| Inflection of mahti (Kotus type 5/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mahti | mahdit | |
| genitive | mahdin | mahtien | |
| partitive | mahtia | mahteja | |
| illative | mahtiin | mahteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mahti | mahdit | |
| accusative | nom. | mahti | mahdit |
| gen. | mahdin | ||
| genitive | mahdin | mahtien | |
| partitive | mahtia | mahteja | |
| inessive | mahdissa | mahdeissa | |
| elative | mahdista | mahdeista | |
| illative | mahtiin | mahteihin | |
| adessive | mahdilla | mahdeilla | |
| ablative | mahdilta | mahdeilta | |
| allative | mahdille | mahdeille | |
| essive | mahtina | mahteina | |
| translative | mahdiksi | mahdeiksi | |
| instructive | — | mahdein | |
| abessive | mahditta | mahdeitta | |
| comitative | — | mahteineen | |
Related terms
Etymology 2
Shortened from mahtava (“awesome”).
Adjective
mahti (not comparable)
- (slang) awesome
Usage notes
As this is a slang term, normal rules do not necessarily apply. In this case, the word mahti used in the sense awesome is normally not inflected.
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