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ahven
ahven
Estonian
Noun
ahven (genitive ahvena, partitive ahvenat)
- perch (fish)
Declension
Inflection of ahven (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ahven | ahvenad |
| accusative | ahvena | ahvenad |
| genitive | ahvena | ahvenate |
| partitive | ahvenat | ahvenaid |
| illative | ahvenasse | ahvenatesse ahvenaisse |
| inessive | ahvenas | ahvenates ahvenais |
| elative | ahvenast | ahvenatest ahvenaist |
| allative | ahvenale | ahvenatele ahvenaile |
| adessive | ahvenal | ahvenatel ahvenail |
| ablative | ahvenalt | ahvenatelt ahvenailt |
| translative | ahvenaks | ahvenateks ahvenaiks |
| terminative | ahvenani | ahvenateni |
| essive | ahvenana | ahvenatena |
| abessive | ahvenata | ahvenateta |
| comitative | ahvenaga | ahvenatega |
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ahven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɑɦʋen]
- Hyphenation: ah‧ven
Noun
ahven
- European perch, Perca fluviatilis.
- perch (any fish in the genus Perca)
- (in the plural) Percidae (taxonomic family in the order Perciformes)
- (colloquial, in compounds) bass
- (in compounds) perciform; short for ahvenkala (“perciform fish”), see e.g. seeprakirjoahven
Declension
| Inflection of ahven (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ahven | ahvenet | |
| genitive | ahvenen | ahvenien ahventen |
|
| partitive | ahventa | ahvenia | |
| illative | ahveneen | ahveniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahven | ahvenet | |
| accusative | nom. | ahven | ahvenet |
| gen. | ahvenen | ||
| genitive | ahvenen | ahvenien ahventen |
|
| partitive | ahventa | ahvenia | |
| inessive | ahvenessa | ahvenissa | |
| elative | ahvenesta | ahvenista | |
| illative | ahveneen | ahveniin | |
| adessive | ahvenella | ahvenilla | |
| ablative | ahvenelta | ahvenilta | |
| allative | ahvenelle | ahvenille | |
| essive | ahvenena | ahvenina | |
| translative | ahveneksi | ahveniksi | |
| instructive | — | ahvenin | |
| abessive | ahvenetta | ahvenitta | |
| comitative | — | ahvenineen | |
Synonyms
- (Perca fluviatilis): ahvena (dialectal), kyrmyniska, (euphemism)
- (bass): bassi
Derived terms
compounds
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Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ahven.
Noun
ahven
- perch (fish)
Inflection
| Inflection of ahven | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | ahven | ||
| genitive sing. | ahvenen | ||
| partitive sing. | ahvent | ||
| partitive plur. | ahvenid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahven | ahvened | |
| accusative | ahvenen | ahvened | |
| genitive | ahvenen | ahveniden | |
| partitive | ahvent | ahvenid | |
| essive-instructive | ahvenen | ahvenin | |
| translative | ahveneks | ahvenikš | |
| inessive | ahvenes | ahveniš | |
| elative | ahvenespäi | ahvenišpäi | |
| illative | ? | ahvenihe | |
| adessive | ahvenel | ahvenil | |
| ablative | ahvenelpäi | ahvenilpäi | |
| allative | ahvenele | ahvenile | |
| abessive | ahveneta | ahvenita | |
| comitative | ahvenenke | ahvenidenke | |
| prolative | ahventme | ahvenidme | |
| approximative I | ahvenenno | ahvenidenno | |
| approximative II | ahvenennoks | ahvenidennoks | |
| egressive | ahvenennopäi | ahvenidennopäi | |
| terminative I | ? | ahvenihesai | |
| terminative II | ahvenelesai | ahvenilesai | |
| terminative III | ahvenessai | — | |
| additive I | ? | ahvenihepäi | |
| additive II | ahvenelepäi | ahvenilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “окунь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika