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	ohu	ohud
genitive	ohu	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
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Derived terms

• ohutu
• ohtlik

Compounds

• kiirgusoht
• ohutegur
• ohutunne
• ohutu

Further reading

• oht in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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

Declension of oht (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōht	ōhta, ōhte
accusative	ōhte	ōhta, ōhte
genitive	ōhte	ōhta
dative	ōhte	ōhtum

Derived terms

• ēhtan