sahti

Finnish

Homemade sahti from Janakkala

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish saft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑhti/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝xt̪i]
• Rhymes: -ɑhti
• Syllabification^(key): sah‧ti

Noun

sahti

1. A traditional home-brewed strong beer made of malts and traditionally spiced with juniper; nowadays also with hops.

Usage notes

The name sahti has been entered in EU's "Register of certificates of specific character" (Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2002) and is thereby protected as a traditional speciality. The description ‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ can only be used with names entered in that Register.

Declension

Inflection of sahti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation)
nominative		sahti	sahdit
genitive		sahdin	sahtien
partitive		sahtia	sahteja
illative		sahtiin	sahteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sahti	sahdit
accusative	nom.	sahti	sahdit
	gen.	sahdin
genitive		sahdin	sahtien
partitive		sahtia	sahteja
inessive		sahdissa	sahdeissa
elative		sahdista	sahdeista
illative		sahtiin	sahteihin
adessive		sahdilla	sahdeilla
ablative		sahdilta	sahdeilta
allative		sahdille	sahdeille
essive		sahtina	sahteina
translative		sahdiksi	sahdeiksi
abessive		sahditta	sahdeitta
instructive		—	sahdein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sahti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sahtini sahtini accusative nom. sahtini sahtini gen. sahtini genitive sahtini sahtieni partitive sahtiani sahtejani inessive sahdissani sahdeissani elative sahdistani sahdeistani illative sahtiini sahteihini adessive sahdillani sahdeillani ablative sahdiltani sahdeiltani allative sahdilleni sahdeilleni essive sahtinani sahteinani translative sahdikseni sahdeikseni abessive sahdittani sahdeittani instructive — — comitative — sahteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sahtisi sahtisi accusative nom. sahtisi sahtisi gen. sahtisi genitive sahtisi sahtiesi partitive sahtiasi sahtejasi inessive sahdissasi sahdeissasi elative sahdistasi sahdeistasi illative sahtiisi sahteihisi adessive sahdillasi sahdeillasi ablative sahdiltasi sahdeiltasi allative sahdillesi sahdeillesi essive sahtinasi sahteinasi translative sahdiksesi sahdeiksesi abessive sahdittasi sahdeittasi instructive — — comitative — sahteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sahtimme sahtimme accusative nom. sahtimme sahtimme gen. sahtimme genitive sahtimme sahtiemme partitive sahtiamme sahtejamme inessive sahdissamme sahdeissamme elative sahdistamme sahdeistamme illative sahtiimme sahteihimme adessive sahdillamme sahdeillamme ablative sahdiltamme sahdeiltamme allative sahdillemme sahdeillemme essive sahtinamme sahteinamme translative sahdiksemme sahdeiksemme abessive sahdittamme sahdeittamme instructive — — comitative — sahteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sahtinne sahtinne accusative nom. sahtinne sahtinne gen. sahtinne genitive sahtinne sahtienne partitive sahtianne sahtejanne inessive sahdissanne sahdeissanne elative sahdistanne sahdeistanne illative sahtiinne sahteihinne adessive sahdillanne sahdeillanne ablative sahdiltanne sahdeiltanne allative sahdillenne sahdeillenne essive sahtinanne sahteinanne translative sahdiksenne sahdeiksenne abessive sahdittanne sahdeittanne instructive — — comitative — sahteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sahtinsa sahtinsa accusative nom. sahtinsa sahtinsa gen. sahtinsa genitive sahtinsa sahtiensa partitive sahtiaan sahtiansa sahtejaan sahtejansa inessive sahdissaan sahdissansa sahdeissaan sahdeissansa elative sahdistaan sahdistansa sahdeistaan sahdeistansa illative sahtiinsa sahteihinsa adessive sahdillaan sahdillansa sahdeillaan sahdeillansa ablative sahdiltaan sahdiltansa sahdeiltaan sahdeiltansa allative sahdilleen sahdillensa sahdeilleen sahdeillensa essive sahtinaan sahtinansa sahteinaan sahteinansa translative sahdikseen sahdiksensa sahdeikseen sahdeiksensa abessive sahdittaan sahdittansa sahdeittaan sahdeittansa instructive — — comitative — sahteineen sahteinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• hääsahti
• sahtimallas

Further reading

• “sahti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Anagrams

• atsih