suht

Estonian

Etymology

Clipping of suhteliselt.

Adverb

suht

(colloquial) relatively, comparatively, quite, pretty

Derived terms

suht-koht
suhtarv

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of suhteellisen; compare Estonian suht.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsuht/, [ˈs̠uxt̪]
Rhymes: -uht
Syllabification^(key): suht

Adverb

suht

(colloquial) relatively, quite, pretty

Derived terms

suhtkoht

Old English

Etymology

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

suht f

(rare) sickness

Declension

Declension of suht (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	suht	suhte, suhta
accusative	suht, suhte	suhte, suhta
genitive	suhte	suhta
dative	suhte	suhtum

Derived terms

hriþsuht f (“fever”)

Descendants

Middle English: suht, souȝt, soght; golsouȝt; lungessouth
- Scots: gulsoch; lungasüte

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “suht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, whence also Old English suht, Old Norse sótt.

Noun

suht f

sickness

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