sahtel

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schachtel (“box”), from Italian scatola (“box”), metathesised form of Medieval Latin castula (“basket”). First attested in 1865.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑhtel/, [ˈsɑhtel]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhtel
  • Hyphenation: sah‧tel

Noun

sahtel (genitive sahtli, partitive sahtlit)

  1. drawer (box-shaped open or pull-out part of a piece of furniture used for storage)
    Synonyms: (uncommon) laegas, (obsolete) suhvel
    sahtlisse kirjutama ― to write a piece of literary work for oneself, not to publish (literally, “to write into the drawer”)

Declension

Declension of sahtel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sahtel sahtlid
accusative nom.
gen. sahtli
genitive sahtlite
partitive sahtlit sahtleid
illative sahtlisse sahtlitesse
sahtleisse
inessive sahtlis sahtlites
sahtleis
elative sahtlist sahtlitest
sahtleist
allative sahtlile sahtlitele
sahtleile
adessive sahtlil sahtlitel
sahtleil
ablative sahtlilt sahtlitelt
sahtleilt
translative sahtliks sahtliteks
sahtleiks
terminative sahtlini sahtliteni
essive sahtlina sahtlitena
abessive sahtlita sahtliteta
comitative sahtliga sahtlitega

Compounds

  • kapisahtel
  • kummutisahtel
  • lauasahtel
  • pingisahtel
  • portfellisahtel
  • rahasahtel
  • salasahtel
  • sügavkülmasahtel
  • sahtelvoodi
  • sahtlinupp

References

  • sahtel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “sahtel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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