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 (jaksteŕ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aher (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
| Declension 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
- 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