suht

Estonian

Etymology

Clipping of suhteliselt.

Adverb

suht (not comparable)

1. (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 (not comparable) (informal)

1. 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^[1], 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

• suhtkoht

Further reading

• “suht”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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

1. (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^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

suht f

1. sickness