Adjective: ahkera
Declension: 10/koira
Comparison
| Positive | ahkera |
| Comparative | ahkerampi |
| Superlative | ahkerin |
Positive
Singular
| Nominative | ahkera |
| Accusative | ahkera; ahkeran |
| Genetive | ahkeran |
| Partitive | ahkeraa |
| Inessive | ahkerassa |
| Elative | ahkerasta |
| Illative | ahkeraan |
| Adessive | ahkeralla |
| Ablative | ahkeralta |
| Allative | ahkeralle |
| Essive | ahkerana |
| Translative | ahkeraksi |
| Abessive | ahkeratta |
Plural
| Nominative | ahkerat |
| Accusative | ahkerat |
| Genetive | ahkerien |
| Partitive | ahkeria |
| Inessive | ahkerissa |
| Elative | ahkerista |
| Illative | ahkeriin |
| Adessive | ahkerilla |
| Ablative | ahkerilta |
| Allative | ahkerille |
| Essive | ahkerina |
| Translative | ahkeriksi |
| Abessive | ahkeritta |
| Instructive | ahkerin |
| Comitative | ahkerine |
Comparative
Singular
| Nominative | ahkerampi |
| Accusative | ahkerampi; ahkeramman |
| Genetive | ahkeramman |
| Partitive | ahkerampaa |
| Inessive | ahkerammassa |
| Elative | ahkerammasta |
| Illative | ahkerampaan |
| Adessive | ahkerammalla |
| Ablative | ahkerammalta |
| Allative | ahkerammalle |
| Essive | ahkerampana |
| Translative | ahkerammaksi |
| Abessive | ahkerammatta |
Plural
| Nominative | ahkerammat |
| Accusative | ahkerammat |
| Genetive | ahkerampien |
| Partitive | ahkerampia |
| Inessive | ahkerammissa |
| Elative | ahkerammista |
| Illative | ahkerampiin |
| Adessive | ahkerammilla |
| Ablative | ahkerammilta |
| Allative | ahkerammille |
| Essive | ahkerampina |
| Translative | ahkerammiksi |
| Abessive | ahkerammitta |
| Instructive | ahkerammin |
| Comitative | ahkerampine |
Superlative
Singular
| Nominative | ahkerin |
| Accusative | ahkerin; ahkerimman |
| Genetive | ahkerimman |
| Partitive | ahkerimpaa |
| Inessive | ahkerimmassa |
| Elative | ahkerimmasta |
| Illative | ahkerimpaan |
| Adessive | ahkerimmalla |
| Ablative | ahkerimmalta |
| Allative | ahkerimmalle |
| Essive | ahkerimpana |
| Translative | ahkerimmaksi |
| Abessive | ahkerimmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | ahkerimmat |
| Accusative | ahkerimmat |
| Genetive | ahkerimpien; ahkerinten |
| Partitive | ahkerimpia |
| Inessive | ahkerimmissa |
| Elative | ahkerimmista |
| Illative | ahkerimpiin |
| Adessive | ahkerimmilla |
| Ablative | ahkerimmilta |
| Allative | ahkerimmille |
| Essive | ahkerimpina |
| Translative | ahkerimmiksi |
| Abessive | ahkerimmitta |
| Instructive | ahkerimmin |
| Comitative | ahkerimpine |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like ahkera
vimmaisa,
sekava,
sopiva,
sitova,
vilpoisa,
vanhahtava,
voittoisa,
huorahtava,
mutkitteleva,
polaroituva,
suvaitseva,
lastuttava,
ennustettava,
tajuttava,
kammottava,
svengaava,
toistettava,
naurettava,
harmahtava,
tunkeileva, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Uncertain. Traditionally connected with dialectal ahku (“eagerness, zeal”), but this word is likewise of unknown origin. According to Häkkinen (2004), which follows Nikkilä (1998), perhaps a borrowing from dialectal Swedish ager (“hard-working”), but this sense for the word, supposedly found only in dialects within Finland, does not seem to have a particularly wide distribution nor even be the primary meaning in the regions where it is found. Cognate with Ingrian ahkera and Karelian ahkera (both possibly from Finnish).
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