aher

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 (jaksťeŕ).

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

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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• 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

• Hera

aher

1. Took (simple past of harik)