ahul

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish or Old Occitan avol (“bad, vile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahul/ [a.hul]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /au̯l/ [au̯l]
• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ahul
• (Southern) Rhymes: -au̯l
• Hyphenation: a‧hul

Adjective

ahul (comparative ahulago, superlative ahulen, excessive ahulegi)

1. weak

   Synonyms: makal, argal, motel

2. insipid

Declension

Declension of ahul (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		ahul	ahula	ahulak
ergative		ahulek	ahulak	ahulek
dative		ahuli	ahulari	ahulei
genitive		ahulen	ahularen	ahulen
comitative		ahulekin	ahularekin	ahulekin
causative		ahulengatik	ahularengatik	ahulengatik
benefactive		ahulentzat	ahularentzat	ahulentzat
instrumental		ahulez	ahulaz	ahulez
inessive	anim.	ahulengan	ahularengan	ahulengan
	inanim.	ahuletan	ahulean	ahuletan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	ahuletako	ahuleko	ahuletako
allative	anim.	ahulengana	ahularengana	ahulengana
	inanim.	ahuletara	ahulera	ahuletara
terminative	anim.	ahulenganaino	ahularenganaino	ahulenganaino
	inanim.	ahuletaraino	ahuleraino	ahuletaraino
directive	anim.	ahulenganantz	ahularenganantz	ahulenganantz
	inanim.	ahuletarantz	ahulerantz	ahuletarantz
destinative	anim.	ahulenganako	ahularenganako	ahulenganako
	inanim.	ahuletarako	ahulerako	ahuletarako
ablative	anim.	ahulengandik	ahularengandik	ahulengandik
	inanim.	ahuletatik	ahuletik	ahuletatik
partitive		ahulik	—	—
prolative		ahultzat	—	—

Derived terms

• ahulaldi
• ahularazi (“to cause to become weak”)
• ahuldade (“weakness”)
• ahuldu (“to weaken”)
• ahuldura (“weakness”)
• ahuleria (“weakness”)
• ahuletsi (“to weaken”)
• ahulezia (“weakness”)
• ahulgarri (“weakening, weakener”)
• ahulgune (“weak spot”)
• ahulkeria
• ahulki (“weakly”)
• ahultasun (“weakness”)
• ahultxo
• ahultzaile (“weakening, weakener”)
• ahulune
• ahulxko

 

Further reading

• "ahul" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “ahul” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus