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suht
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Estonian
Etymology
Clipping of suhteliselt.
Adverb
suht (not comparable)
Derived terms
- suht-koht
- suhtarv
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of suhteellisen. Compare Estonian suht.
Pronunciation
Adverb
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, 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
Further reading
- “suht”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
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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
Declension
Strong i-stem:
Derived terms
- hriþsuht f (“fever”)
Descendants
- Middle English: suht, souȝt, soght; golsouȝt; lungessouth
- Scots: gulsoch; lungasüte
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “suht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, whence also Old English suht, Old Norse sótt.
Noun
suht f
Descendants
- Middle Low German: sucht
- German Low German: Sücht
- Plautdietsch: Socht, Sucht
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