Ahti
See also: ahti
English
Proper noun
Ahti
See also
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Estonian
Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain. Speculative sources are a medieval loan from various Middle Low German given names in western Finland, or from Russian Автоном (Avtonom) in eastern Finland.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑhti/, [ˈɑxt̪i]
- Rhymes: -ɑhti
- Hyphenation: Ah‧ti
Proper noun
Ahti
- (Finnish mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing.
- Ahdin valtakunta = the depths of the water = Davy Jones's locker (nautical slang)
- A male given name.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 11:1-8:
- Aika on Ahtia sanoa, / Veitikkätä vieretellä. / Ahti poika Saarelainen, / Tuo on lieto Lemmin poika, / Kasvoi koissa korkeassa / Luona armahan emonsa / Laajimman lahen perällä, / Kaukoniemen kainalossa.
- It is time to talk of Ahti, / That amusing rascal lover. / Ahti lad, the Islander, / He the wayward son of Lempi / Grew up in a hig-born home / With his most devoted mother / At the head of a big wide bay, / In the shelter of Cape Far.
- Aika on Ahtia sanoa, / Veitikkätä vieretellä. / Ahti poika Saarelainen, / Tuo on lieto Lemmin poika, / Kasvoi koissa korkeassa / Luona armahan emonsa / Laajimman lahen perällä, / Kaukoniemen kainalossa.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 11:1-8:
Declension
Inflection of Ahti (Kotus type 5/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ahti | Ahdit | |
genitive | Ahdin | Ahtien | |
partitive | Ahtia | Ahteja | |
illative | Ahtiin | Ahteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ahti | Ahdit | |
accusative | nom. | Ahti | Ahdit |
gen. | Ahdin | ||
genitive | Ahdin | Ahtien | |
partitive | Ahtia | Ahteja | |
inessive | Ahdissa | Ahdeissa | |
elative | Ahdista | Ahdeista | |
illative | Ahtiin | Ahteihin | |
adessive | Ahdilla | Ahdeilla | |
ablative | Ahdilta | Ahdeilta | |
allative | Ahdille | Ahdeille | |
essive | Ahtina | Ahteina | |
translative | Ahdiksi | Ahdeiksi | |
instructive | — | Ahdein | |
abessive | Ahditta | Ahdeitta | |
comitative | — | Ahteineen |
Related terms
- Ahto
- (surnames) Ahtiainen
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