pihti
See also: pıhtı
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pihti (compare Estonian piht, Ingrian pihet pl, Karelian pihti, Veps pihthed pl, Votic pihed pl), from Proto-Finno-Permic *pište (compare Moksha [script needed] (peš), Komi-Zyrian [script needed] (peš) and Proto-Samic *pëstë, whence Northern Sami basta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpihti/, [ˈpiçt̪i]
- Rhymes: -ihti
- Syllabification(key): pih‧ti
Noun
pihti
- (archaic) any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold, press together or punch something, now usually in plural; a pincer
- pärepihti
- (in the plural) pliers, tongs etc., see pihdit
- State of being stuck between something, as if held with pliers
- Vene on kahden kiven pihdissä.
- The boat is stuck between two rocks.
- The front claw of a crustacean such as lobster, pincer
- A pile of birchbark sheets set between two boards and tied tightly together to flatten the barks and thus make them suitable roofing and isolation material.
- Pihdissä on normaalisti noin sata tuohiliuskaa.
- One pihti normally consists of about one hundred sheets of birchbark.
- (gymnastics) scissors
- (in compounds) Indicates similarity to or use of pliers (see list below).
Declension
| Inflection of pihti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pihti | pihdit | |
| genitive | pihdin | pihtien | |
| partitive | pihtiä | pihtejä | |
| illative | pihtiin | pihteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pihti | pihdit | |
| accusative | nom. | pihti | pihdit |
| gen. | pihdin | ||
| genitive | pihdin | pihtien | |
| partitive | pihtiä | pihtejä | |
| inessive | pihdissä | pihdeissä | |
| elative | pihdistä | pihdeistä | |
| illative | pihtiin | pihteihin | |
| adessive | pihdillä | pihdeillä | |
| ablative | pihdiltä | pihdeiltä | |
| allative | pihdille | pihdeille | |
| essive | pihtinä | pihteinä | |
| translative | pihdiksi | pihdeiksi | |
| instructive | — | pihdein | |
| abessive | pihdittä | pihdeittä | |
| comitative | — | pihteineen | |
| Possessive forms of pihti (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | pihtini | pihtimme |
| 2nd person | pihtisi | pihtinne |
| 3rd person | pihtinsä | |
Synonyms
- (being stuck): juuttunut, from the verb juuttua (“to get stuck”)
- (claw): saksi
- (scissors): sakset
Derived terms
- pihtinen
Compounds
See also pihdit
- pihtihammas
- pihtihäntäinen
- pihtijalka
- pihtikinttu
- pihtikinttuinen
- pihtilaite
- pihtiliike
- pihtimäinen
- pihtiote
- pihtipenkki
- pihtipieli
- pihtipolvi
- pihtipolvinen
- pihtipolvisuus
- Pihtipudas
- pihtirengas
- pihtisynnytys
- pihtiässä
Anagrams
- hipit, pihit