aher
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *ahtëra (“barren, sterile”), from Proto-Finno-Permic *akšterɜ. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Cognate with Finnish ahtera, Livonian ǭ’dõrz, Võro aher, Votic ahõr, Erzya якстерь (jaksťeŕ).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editaher (genitive ahtra, partitive ahtrat, comparative ahtram, superlative kõige ahtram)
- (of a female, cows) infertile (not capable of reproducing children; not fertile)
- meie lehmake on ahtraks jäänud, süstime talle hormoone ― our cow is infertile, we are injecting her with hormones
- Synonyms: sigimisvõimet, sigivusetu, sigimatu, steriilne, viljatu
- barren or sterile (unable to bear children)
- kas ta naine vahest põeb või on aher? ― does his wife sometimes get sick or is she barren?
- Synonyms: impotentne, sigimisvõimet, viljatu
- (figuratively) sterile; scarce, meager, poor in some way
- iljumiseks vajab kadakas valgust, varjus jääb ta ahtraks ― in order to fruit, juniper needs light, in the shade it remains meager.
- rahalises mõttes oli aeg aher ― in financial terms, it was time to be scarce
- Synonym: viljatu
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Declension
editDeclension of aher (ÕS type 3/vaher, t-ø gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | aher | ahtrad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | ahtra | ||
genitive | ahtrate | ||
partitive | ahtrat | ahtraid | |
illative | ahtrasse | ahtratesse ahtraisse | |
inessive | ahtras | ahtrates ahtrais | |
elative | ahtrast | ahtratest ahtraist | |
allative | ahtrale | ahtratele ahtraile | |
adessive | ahtral | ahtratel ahtrail | |
ablative | ahtralt | ahtratelt ahtrailt | |
translative | ahtraks | ahtrateks ahtraiks | |
terminative | ahtrani | ahtrateni | |
essive | ahtrana | ahtratena | |
abessive | ahtrata | ahtrateta | |
comitative | ahtraga | ahtratega |
References
edit- aher in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “aher”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “aher”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
Anagrams
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editVerb
editaher
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- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
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- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic
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- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑher
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑher/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian adjectives
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- Estonian vaher-type nominals
- Kalasha lemmas
- Kalasha verbs