sahi
Possibly from the onomatopoeic verbsahista.
sahi(dialectal)
| Inflection ofsahi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sahi | sahit | |
| genitive | sahin | sahien | |
| partitive | sahia | saheja | |
| illative | sahiin | saheihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sahi | sahit | |
| accusative | nom. | sahi | sahit |
| gen. | sahin | ||
| genitive | sahin | sahien | |
| partitive | sahia | saheja | |
| inessive | sahissa | saheissa | |
| elative | sahista | saheista | |
| illative | sahiin | saheihin | |
| adessive | sahilla | saheilla | |
| ablative | sahilta | saheilta | |
| allative | sahille | saheille | |
| essive | sahina | saheina | |
| translative | sahiksi | saheiksi | |
| abessive | sahitta | saheitta | |
| instructive | — | sahein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Inherited fromOttoman Turkishصحیح(ṣaḥîḥ),[1][2] fromArabicصَحِيح(ṣaḥīḥ,“complete, sound, correct, authentic”), fromصَحَّ(ṣaḥḥa,“to be healthy, to be correct”). Deviated semantically fromsahih(“authentic, original”) in 1920s.[3]
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