aher

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑher/, [ˈɑɦer]
• Rhymes: -ɑher
• Hyphenation: a‧her

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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 hormoone ― our 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 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)
		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 [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

• Hera

Kalasha

Verb

aher

1. Took (simple past of harik)