From German Heft (“haft”), from heften (“to fasten”).
hefti (plural heftik)
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hefti | heftik |
| accusative | heftit | heftiket |
| dative | heftinek | heftiknek |
| instrumental | heftivel | heftikkel |
| causal-final | heftiért | heftikért |
| translative | heftivé | heftikké |
| terminative | heftiig | heftikig |
| essive-formal | heftiként | heftikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | heftiben | heftikben |
| superessive | heftin | heftiken |
| adessive | heftinél | heftiknél |
| illative | heftibe | heftikbe |
| sublative | heftire | heftikre |
| allative | heftihez | heftikhez |
| elative | heftiből | heftikből |
| delative | heftiről | heftikről |
| ablative | heftitől | heftiktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
heftié | heftiké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
heftiéi | heftikéi |
| Possessive forms of hefti | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | heftim | heftijeim (or heftiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | heftid | heftijeid (or heftiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | heftije | heftijei (or heftii) |
| 1st person plural | heftink | heftijeink (or heftiink) |
| 2nd person plural | heftitek | heftijeitek (or heftiitek) |
| 3rd person plural | heftijük | heftijeik (or heftiik) |
From Old Norse hepti, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną (“to secure”). The sense of "haft, handle" is borrowed from German Heft. Related to hefta (“to bind”).
hefti n (genitive singular heftis, nominative plural hefti)