maht

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑht/, [ˈmɑht]

maht (genitive mahu, partitive mahtu)

1. volume (three-dimensional measure of space)
2. volume (quantity)

• “maht”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “maht”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “maht”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• maht in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

maht

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄

• IPA^(key): /mɑxt/

maht f

1. alternative form of miht

From Proto-West Germanic *mahti. Cognate with Old Saxon maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old Norse máttr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

maht f

1. might

• Middle High German: maht
  • German: Macht
  • Yiddish: מאַכט (makht)

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

From Proto-West Germanic *mahti.

Compare Old High German maht, Old English miht, Old Frisian macht, Old Norse máttr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts).

maht f

1. might

• Middle Low German: macht
  • German Low German: Macht
  • Dutch Low Saxon: macht
  • Plautdietsch: Macht
  • → Norwegian: makt
  • → Swedish: makt
  • → Danish: magt
  • → Gutnish: mäkt