ablas
See also: Ablas
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Compare dialectal Finnish hapla (“desire”, noun).
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Adjective edit
ablas (genitive apla, partitive ablast, comparative aplam, superlative kõige aplam or aplaim)
- (usually of an animal, but sometimes also a human) gluttonous, voracious, greedy for food (or drink)
- Kiiresti soojenenud õhk meelitas välja aplad putukad.
- The air that warmed up quickly attracted the gluttonous insects.
- keen, eager, doing something avidly or wanting to.
- Ma olin lapsena ablas lugeja.
- As a child I was an avid reader.
Declension edit
Declension of ablas (ÕS type 7/kallas, p-b gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | ablas | aplad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | apla | ||
genitive | ablaste | ||
partitive | ablast | aplaid | |
illative | aplasse | ablastesse aplaisse | |
inessive | aplas | ablastes aplais | |
elative | aplast | ablastest aplaist | |
allative | aplale | ablastele aplaile | |
adessive | aplal | ablastel aplail | |
ablative | aplalt | ablastelt aplailt | |
translative | aplaks | ablasteks aplaiks | |
terminative | aplani | ablasteni | |
essive | aplana | ablastena | |
abessive | aplata | ablasteta | |
comitative | aplaga | ablastega |
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ablas
- first/third-person singular dependent preterite of ablesen