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vahti

  1. partitive singular of vaht
  2. illative singular of vaht
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑhti/, [ˈʋɑ̝xt̪i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhti
  • Hyphenation(key): vah‧ti

Borrowed from Middle Low German wacht.

vahti

  1. guard (person who or thing that protects something)
  2. watch (time on duty, guard group)

(compounds):

vahti

  1. third-person singular past indicative of vahtia

Borrowed from Finnish vahti, borrowed from Swedish vakt.

vahti

  1. guard, watch
    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

      Siit kunigas lähetti vanhemman poikaha vahtii, eik tapajais varasta.

      Then the king sent his oldest son to the guard, so that he could catch the thief.
  2. guardian, guardsman
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:

      Niku meijen vahti.

      Just like our guardsman.
Declension of vahti (type 5/vahti, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahti vahit
genitive vahin vahtiin, vahtiloin
partitive vahtia vahtija, vahtiloja
illative vahtii vahtii, vahtiloihe
inessive vahis vahtiis, vahtilois
elative vahist vahtiist, vahtiloist
allative vahille vahtiille, vahtiloille
adessive vahil vahtiil, vahtiloil
ablative vahilt vahtiilt, vahtiloilt
translative vahiks vahtiiks, vahtiloiks
essive vahtinna, vahtiin vahtiinna, vahtiloinna, vahtiin, vahtiloin
exessive1) vahtint vahtiint, vahtiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vahti

  1. third-person singular past indicative of vahtia
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 630

Borrowed from Finnish vahti.

vahti

  1. guard, watch, watchman
  2. watch, vigil
Declension of vahti (type II/võrkko, ht-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahti vahid
genitive vahi vahtijõ, vahtii
partitive vahtia vahtiitõ, vahtii
illative vahtisõ, vahti vahtiisõ
inessive vahiz vahtiiz
elative vahissõ vahtiissõ
allative vahilõ vahtiilõ
adessive vahillõ vahtiillõ
ablative vahiltõ vahtiiltõ
translative vahissi vahtiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vahti”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn