mahti

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑhti/, [ˈmɑxt̪i]
  • Hyphenation: mah‧ti
  • Rhymes: -ɑhti

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mahtiz; compare German Macht, English might and Swedish makt.

Noun

mahti

  1. might, power
Declension
Inflection of mahti (Kotus type 5/risti, t-d gradation)
nominative mahti mahdit
genitive mahdin mahtien
partitive mahtia mahteja
illative mahtiin mahteihin
singular plural
nominative mahti mahdit
accusative nom. mahti mahdit
gen. mahdin
genitive mahdin mahtien
partitive mahtia mahteja
inessive mahdissa mahdeissa
elative mahdista mahdeista
illative mahtiin mahteihin
adessive mahdilla mahdeilla
ablative mahdilta mahdeilta
allative mahdille mahdeille
essive mahtina mahteina
translative mahdiksi mahdeiksi
instructive — mahdein
abessive mahditta mahdeitta
comitative — mahteineen

Etymology 2

Shortened from mahtava (“awesome”).

Adjective

mahti (not comparable)

  1. (slang) awesome
Usage notes

As this is a slang term, normal rules do not necessarily apply. In this case, the word mahti used in the sense awesome is normally not inflected.

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