ahne

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *ahnëh, from *ahnas (“greedy, voracious; eager”) +‎ *-ëh. Proto-Finnic *ahnas is borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)aćHnas. Cognate with Finnish ahne, Votic ahnõ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhne/, [ˈɑhne̞]

• Rhymes: -ɑhne
• Hyphenation: ah‧ne

ahne (genitive ahne, partitive ahnet, comparative ahnem, superlative kõige ahnem)

1. greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires)

   tuntud heategija osutus ahneks suliks ― the well-known benefactor turned out to be a greedy swindler

   kaupmees on jälle hindu tõstnud – kui ahneks võib minna? ― the merchant has raised prices again - how greedy can you be?

   jõin allikavett ahnete sõõmudega ― I drank the spring water with greedy gulps

   Synonym: söölas

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Declension of ahne (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahne	ahned
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ahne
genitive			ahnete
partitive		ahnet	ahneid
illative		ahnesse	ahnetesse ahneisse
inessive		ahnes	ahnetes ahneis
elative		ahnest	ahnetest ahneist
allative		ahnele	ahnetele ahneile
adessive		ahnel	ahnetel ahneil
ablative		ahnelt	ahnetelt ahneilt
translative		ahneks	ahneteks ahneiks
terminative		ahneni	ahneteni
essive		ahnena	ahnetena
abessive		ahneta	ahneteta
comitative		ahnega	ahnetega

or

Declension of ahne (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahne	ahned
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ahne
genitive			ahnete
partitive		ahnet	ahneid
illative		ahnesse	ahnetesse ahneisse
inessive		ahnes	ahnetes ahneis
elative		ahnest	ahnetest ahneist
allative		ahnele	ahnetele ahneile
adessive		ahnel	ahnetel ahneil
ablative		ahnelt	ahnetelt ahneilt
translative		ahneks	ahneteks ahneiks
terminative		ahneni	ahneteni
essive		ahnena	ahnetena
abessive		ahneta	ahneteta
comitative		ahnega	ahnetega

• ahnus (“greed”)
• ahnelt (“greedily”)

• ahne in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “ahne”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ahne”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• “ahne”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

• hane

From Proto-Finnic *ahnëh. Equivalent to ahn- +‎ -e; a variant of ahnas (which see for more).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhneˣ/, [ˈɑ̝xne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑhne
• Hyphenation^(key): ah‧ne

ahne (comparative ahneempi, superlative ahnein)

1. greedy

• ahnas

• “ahne”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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ahne

1. inflection of ahnen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I