aht

See also: AHT

Translingual

Symbol

aht

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ahtna.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ahtna terms

English

Adverb

aht (comparative more aht, superlative most aht)

1. Pronunciation spelling of out
   • 1897, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published [1921], →OCLC:

     'Git aht!' said Liza, pushing him away, not too gently.

   • 1909 October, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Suffragettes”, in Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published 1909, →OCLC, § 5, pages 250–251:

     And then came the vile experience of being forced and borne along the street to the police-station. […] "Go it, miss!" cried one. "Kick aht at 'em!" though, indeed, she went now with Christian meekness, resenting only the thrusting policemen's hands.

   • 1916 February 23, “Underground Game”, in Punch, or the London Charivari‎^[1], volume 150:

     "Look aht, Percy," enjoined a hollow but reassuring voice, "'ere comes another!"

Anagrams

• ATH, HAT, hat, tha

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Romanian aht (“sigh”). Ubiquitous in all dialects. From interjection ah, which is often used as a synonym noun for desperation and/or cursing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aht/
• Rhymes: -aht

Noun

aht m (plural áhte, definite áhti, definite plural áhtet) (Gheg, Tosk, Arbëresh, Arvanitika)

1. moan, sigh, curse

   Synonyms: ofshamë, psherëtimë, rënkim, nëmë

2. death rattle, gasp

   Synonyms: grahmë, agoni

Derived terms

• aft

Related terms

• oht

References

• Jungg, G. (1895), “aht”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2

Further reading

• “aht”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Old English

Pronoun

aht

1. alternative form of āwiht

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐːt̻/
• Rhymes: -ɐːt̻

Etymology 1

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Determiner

aht

1. ours (second-person plural exclusive determiner)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd

Proto-Germanic *hertô

Proto-West Germanic *hertā

Old English heorte

Middle English herte

English heartbor.

Pohnpeian aht

Borrowed from English heart.

Noun

aht

1. (card games) hearts

References

• “aht”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[2], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek άχτι (áchti).

Noun

aht n (plural ahturi)

1. sigh

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aht	ahtul	ahturi	ahturile
genitive-dative	aht	ahtului	ahturi	ahturilor
vocative	ahtule		ahturilor