From Proto-Finnic *ahtëra, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *akšte, but in any case potentially borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit अक्षेत्र (ákṣetra, “destitute of fields, uncultivated”)) Akin to Erzya якстерь (jaksteŕ).
ahtera (dialectal)
| Inflection of ahtera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ahtera | ahterat | |
| genitive | ahteran | ahterojen | |
| partitive | ahteraa | ahteroja | |
| illative | ahteraan | ahteroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahtera | ahterat | |
| accusative | nom. | ahtera | ahterat |
| gen. | ahteran | ||
| genitive | ahteran | ahterojen ahterain rare | |
| partitive | ahteraa | ahteroja | |
| inessive | ahterassa | ahteroissa | |
| elative | ahterasta | ahteroista | |
| illative | ahteraan | ahteroihin | |
| adessive | ahteralla | ahteroilla | |
| ablative | ahteralta | ahteroilta | |
| allative | ahteralle | ahteroille | |
| essive | ahterana | ahteroina | |
| translative | ahteraksi | ahteroiksi | |
| abessive | ahteratta | ahteroitta | |
| instructive | — | ahteroin | |
| comitative | — | ahteroine | |