grapagailu
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Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From grapatu (“to staple”) + gailu (“device”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɡrapaɡai̯lu/ [ɡra.pa.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ɡrapaɡaʎu/ [ɡra.pa.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ai̯lu
- (Southern) Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: gra‧pa‧gai‧lu
Noun
[edit]grapagailu inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of grapagailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | grapagailu | grapagailua | grapagailuak |
| ergative | grapagailuk | grapagailuak | grapagailuek |
| dative | grapagailuri | grapagailuari | grapagailuei |
| genitive | grapagailuren | grapagailuaren | grapagailuen |
| comitative | grapagailurekin | grapagailuarekin | grapagailuekin |
| causative | grapagailurengatik | grapagailuarengatik | grapagailuengatik |
| benefactive | grapagailurentzat | grapagailuarentzat | grapagailuentzat |
| instrumental | grapagailuz | grapagailuaz | grapagailuez |
| inessive | grapagailutan | grapagailuan | grapagailuetan |
| locative | grapagailutako | grapagailuko | grapagailuetako |
| allative | grapagailutara | grapagailura | grapagailuetara |
| terminative | grapagailutaraino | grapagailuraino | grapagailuetaraino |
| directive | grapagailutarantz | grapagailurantz | grapagailuetarantz |
| destinative | grapagailutarako | grapagailurako | grapagailuetarako |
| ablative | grapagailutatik | grapagailutik | grapagailuetatik |
| partitive | grapagailurik | — | — |
| prolative | grapagailutzat | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “grapagailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia