sahtel

Estonian

sahtel

Etymology

From German Schachtel (“box”), from Italian scatola (“box”), metathesised form of Medieval Latin castula (“basket”). First attested in 1865.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑhtel/, [ˈsɑhtel]
• Rhymes: -ɑhtel
• Hyphenation: sah‧tel

Noun

sahtel (genitive sahtli, partitive sahtlit)

1. drawer (box-shaped open or pull-out part of a piece of furniture used for storage)

   Synonyms: (uncommon) laegas, (obsolete) suhvel

   sahtlisse kirjutama ― to write a piece of literary work for oneself, not to publish (literally, “to write into the drawer”)

Declension

Declension of sahtel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sahtel	sahtlid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sahtli
genitive			sahtlite
partitive		sahtlit	sahtleid
illative		sahtlisse	sahtlitesse sahtleisse
inessive		sahtlis	sahtlites sahtleis
elative		sahtlist	sahtlitest sahtleist
allative		sahtlile	sahtlitele sahtleile
adessive		sahtlil	sahtlitel sahtleil
ablative		sahtlilt	sahtlitelt sahtleilt
translative		sahtliks	sahtliteks sahtleiks
terminative		sahtlini	sahtliteni
essive		sahtlina	sahtlitena
abessive		sahtlita	sahtliteta
comitative		sahtliga	sahtlitega

Compounds

• kapisahtel
• kummutisahtel
• lauasahtel
• pingisahtel
• portfellisahtel
• rahasahtel
• salasahtel
• sügavkülmasahtel

• sahtelvoodi
• sahtlinupp

References

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