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
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ohu
genitive			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

• ohutu
• ohtlik

Compounds

• kiirgusoht
• ohutegur
• ohutunne
• ohutu

Further reading

• “oht”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

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

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ōht	ōhta, ōhte
accusative	ōhte	ōhta, ōhte
genitive	ōhte	ōhta
dative	ōhte	ōhtum

Derived terms

• ēhtan