ahav

Estonian

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *ahava (“a dry and cold wind”), further etymology is unknown.

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ahav (genitive ahava, partitive ahavat)

(dialectal, rare) a dry and cold wind during springtime
- (Can we date this quote?), Villem Grünthal-Ridala, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  karskena huljub ju lahe ja sulatav ahava hingus
  after all, the cool and melting breath of the wind blows

Declension of ahav (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahav	ahavad
accusative	nom.	ahav
accusative	gen.	ahava
genitive		ahava	ahavate
partitive		ahavat	ahavaid
illative		ahavasse	ahavatesse ahavaisse
inessive		ahavas	ahavates ahavais
elative		ahavast	ahavatest ahavaist
allative		ahavale	ahavatele ahavaile
adessive		ahaval	ahavatel ahavail
ablative		ahavalt	ahavatelt ahavailt
translative		ahavaks	ahavateks ahavaiks
terminative		ahavani	ahavateni
essive		ahavana	ahavatena
abessive		ahavata	ahavateta
comitative		ahavaga	ahavatega

ahav in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
“ahav”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009