vaher

See also: Vaher

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vahtëra. Cognate with Finnish vaahtera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑher/, [ˈvɑɦer]
• Rhymes: -ɑher
• Hyphenation: va‧her

Noun

vaher (genitive vahtra, partitive vahtrat)

1. maple (a tree with large jagged leaves that grow in the northern hemisphere and are colorful in autumn)

   Synonym: vahtrapuu

Declension

Declension of vaher (ÕS type 3/vaher, t-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaher	vahtrad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vahtra
genitive			vahtrate
partitive		vahtrat	vahtraid
illative		vahtrasse	vahtratesse vahtraisse
inessive		vahtras	vahtrates vahtrais
elative		vahtrast	vahtratest vahtraist
allative		vahtrale	vahtratele vahtraile
adessive		vahtral	vahtratel vahtrail
ablative		vahtralt	vahtratelt vahtrailt
translative		vahtraks	vahtrateks vahtraiks
terminative		vahtrani	vahtrateni
essive		vahtrana	vahtratena
abessive		vahtrata	vahtrateta
comitative		vahtraga	vahtratega

References

• vaher in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vaher”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009