ahven

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *ahvën (“perch”), of further unknown origin.

Cognate with Finnish ahven, Karelian ahven, Võro ahhun', Ter Sami vïezvan, and Northern Sami vuoskku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhven/

• Rhymes: -ɑhven
• Hyphenation: ah‧ven

ahven (genitive ahvena, partitive ahvenat)

1. a European perch (a species of fish of the Percidae family, Perca fluviatilis^ws) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. a perch (any fish of the genus Perca^ws)
3. (in the plural) Percidae (taxonomic family in the order Perciformes^ws)

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Declension of ahven (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahven	ahvenad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ahvena
genitive			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

• ahven in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “ahven”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ahven”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *ahvën.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhʋen/, [ˈɑ̝xʋe̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑhʋen
• Hyphenation^(key): ah‧ven

ahven

1. perch (any fish in the genus Perca)

   Alternative form: (dialectal) ahvena

   Synonym: (euphemism) kyrmyniska

   1. (specifically) European perch, Perca fluviatilis
2. (in the plural) Percidae (taxonomic family in the order Perciformes)
3. (in compounds) perciform (like in ahvenkala (“perciform fish”), see e.g. seeprakirjoahven)
4. (colloquial, in compounds) bass (fish)

   Synonym: bassi

• “ahven”, 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 2023-07-02

• haven

From Proto-Finnic *ahvën. Cognates include Finnish ahven and Estonian ahven.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhʋen/, [ˈɑhʋe̞n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhʋen/, [ˈɑhʋe̞n]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhʋen/, [ˈɑhʋe̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑhʋen
• Hyphenation: ah‧ven

ahven

1. perch (fish)

Declension of ahven (type 12/tytär, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ahven	ahvenet
genitive	ahvenen	ahveniin
partitive	ahventa	ahvenia
illative	ahvenee	ahvenii
inessive	ahvenees	ahveniis
elative	ahvenest	ahvenist
allative	ahvenelle	ahvenille
adessive	ahveneel	ahveniil
ablative	ahvenelt	ahvenilt
translative	ahveneks	ahveniks
essive	ahvenenna, ahveneen	ahveninna, ahveniin
exessive1)	ahvenent	ahvenint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 4
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 16

From Proto-Finnic *ahvën.

ahven

1. perch

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 13
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ahven”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

From Proto-Finnic *ahvën.

ahven

1. perch (fish)

Inflection of ahven (inflection type 21/sizar)
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	ahvenehe	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	ahvenehesai	ahvenihesai
terminative II	ahvenelesai	ahvenilesai
terminative III	ahvenessai	—
additive I	ahvenehepäi	ahvenihepäi
additive II	ahvenelepäi	ahvenilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “окунь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika