Hyphenation: mah‧taa
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | mahan |
| Sg.2 | mahat |
| Sg.3 | mahtaa |
| Pl.1 | mahamma |
| Pl.2 | mahatta |
| Pl.3 | mahtaat; mahtavat; mahetaa |
| Impersonal | mahetaa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | mahoin |
| Sg.2 | mahoit |
| Sg.3 | mahtoi |
| Pl.1 | mahoimma |
| Pl.2 | mahoitta |
| Pl.3 | mahtoit; mahtoivat; mahettii |
| Impersonal | mahettii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | mahtaisin |
| Sg.2 | mahtaisit |
| Sg.3 | mahtais |
| Pl.1 | mahtaisimma |
| Pl.2 | mahtaisitta |
| Pl.3 | mahtaisiit; mahtaisivat; mahettais |
| Impersonal | mahettais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | mahtanen |
| Sg.2 | mahtanet |
| Sg.3 | mahtanoo |
| Pl.1 | mahtanemma |
| Pl.2 | mahtanetta |
| Pl.3 | mahtanoot |
| Impersonal | mahettannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | mahtaist; maha |
| Sg.3 | mahtakoo |
| Pl.2 | mahtakaa |
| Pl.3 | mahtakoot |
| Impersonal | mahettakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | mahtaa |
| II Infinitive, inessive | mahtajees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | mahtaen |
| III Infinitive, illative | mahtamaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | mahtamaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | mahtamast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | mahtamata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | mahtamiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | mahtamista; mahtamist |
Participles
| Active Present | mahtava |
| Passive Present | mahettava |
| Active Past | mahtant; mahtanut |
| Passive Past | mahettu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mahtadak. Cognates include Finnish mahtaa and Estonian mahtuda. See: Finnish with old forms '
mahtaa', Estonian '
mahtuma'.
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