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]

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• 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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or

• 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