aht

English

Adverb

aht (comparative more aht, superlative most aht)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of out.
    • 1897, W. Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth‎:
      'Git aht!' said Liza, pushing him away, not too gently.
    • 1909, H. G. Wells, Ann Veronica‎:
      "Kick aht at 'em!" though, indeed, she went now with Christian meekness, resenting only the thrusting policemen's hands.
    • 1916, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916‎:
      "Look aht, Percy," enjoined a hollow but reassuring voice, "'ere comes another!"

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Romanian aht (“sigh”).

Noun

aht m (definite singular ahti)

  1. moan, sigh

References
  • Giacomo Jungg (1895), “aht”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct (in Italian)

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek άχτι (áchti).

Noun

aht n (plural ahturi)

  1. sigh

Declension
Declension of aht
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) aht ahtul (niște) ahturi ahturile
genitive/dative (unui) aht ahtului (unor) ahturi ahturilor
vocative ahtule ahturilor
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