aher

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Estonian

Etymology

From 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 (jakśťeŕ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aher (genitive ahtra, partitive ahtrat, comparative ahtram, superlative kõige ahtram)

  1. (of a female, cows) infertile (not capable of reproducing children; not fertile)
    meie lehmake on ahtraks jäänud, süstime talle hormooneour cow is infertile, we are injecting her with hormones
    Synonyms: sigimisvõimet, sigivusetu, sigimatu, steriilne, viljatu
    1. 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
    2. (figuratively) sterile; scarce, meager, poor in some way
      iljumiseks vajab kadakas valgust, varjus jääb ta ahtraksin order to fruit, juniper needs light, in the shade it remains meager.
      rahalises mõttes oli aeg aherin financial terms, it was time to be scarce
      Synonym: viljatu
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Declension

Declension of aher (ÕS type 3/vaher, t-ø gradation)
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

  • aher in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • aher”, in 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

Kalasha

Verb

aher

  1. Took (simple past of harik)