hengi

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

hengi

1. Obsolete spelling of henki.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheŋːiˣ/, [ˈhe̞ŋːi(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eŋːi
• 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

Related terms

• 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

• ahašhengine

 

References

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