hengi

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

hengi

  1. obsolete spelling of henki

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheŋːiˣ/, [ˈhe̞ŋːi(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eŋːi
  • Syllabification(key): hen‧gi
  • Hyphenation(key): hen‧gi

Verb

hengi

  1. inflection of henkiä:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheiɲcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Noun

hengi n (genitive singular hengis, nominative plural hengi)

  1. overhanging snowdrift
    Synonym: hengja
  2. hanging rail, clothes rail
  3. small curtain, e.g. a shower curtain

Declension

Declension of hengi (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hengi hengið hengi hengin
accusative hengi hengið hengi hengin
dative hengi henginu hengjum hengjunum
genitive hengis hengisins hengja hengjanna
  • hanga (“to hang, to be hanging”)
  • hengja (“to hang (up)”)

Karelian

Regional variants of hengi
North Karelian
(Viena) 		henki
South Karelian
(Tver) 		hengi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognates include Finnish henki and Veps heng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheŋɡi/
  • Hyphenation: hen‧gi

Noun

hengi (genitive hengen, partitive hengie, diminutive hengyt)

  1. (South Karelian) breath
  2. (South Karelian) soul

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of hengi (type 3/ovi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hengi henget
genitive hengen hengilöin
partitive hengie hengilöidä
illative hengih hengilöih
inessive hengeššä hengilöissä
elative hengeštä hengilöistä
adessive hengellä hengilöillä
ablative hengeldä hengilöildä
translative hengekši hengilöiksi
essive henginä hengilöinä
comitative hengenke hengilöinke
abessive hengettä hengilöittä
Possessive forms of hengi
1st person hengeni
2nd person hengeš
3rd person hengeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “hengi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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