ablas

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic . Compare dialectal Finnish hapla (“desire”, noun).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ablas (genitive apla, partitive ablast, comparative aplam, superlative kõige aplam or aplaim)

  1. (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.
  2. keen, eager, doing something avidly or wanting to.
    Ma olin lapsena ablas lugeja.
    As a child I was an avid reader.

Declension

Declension of ablas (ÕS type 7/kallas, p-b gradation)
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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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

ablas

  1. first/third-person singular dependent preterite of ablesen
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