ahne

== Estonian == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑhne/, [ˈɑhne̞] Rhymes: -ɑhne Hyphenation: ah‧ne === Adjective === ahne (genitive ahne, partitive ahnet, comparative ahnem, superlative kõige ahnem) 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 (This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes, then please add them!) ==== Declension ==== or ==== Derived terms ==== ahnus (“greed”) ahnelt (“greedily”) === References === 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 === Anagrams === hane == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ahnëh. Equivalent to ahn- +‎ -e; a variant of ahnas (which see for more). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑhneˣ/, [ˈɑ̝xne̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ɑhne Syllabification(key): ah‧ne Hyphenation(key): ah‧ne === Adjective === ahne (comparative ahneempi, superlative ahnein) greedy, avaricious, covetous gluttonous, voracious ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ahnas === Further reading === “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 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === haen == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === ahne inflection of ahnen: first-person singular present singular imperative first/third-person singular subjunctive I