abere
Basque
Alternative forms
- abel- (combining form)
Etymology
From Late Latin habēre (“good, property”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /abeɾe/ [a.β̞e.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -eɾe, -e
- Hyphenation: a‧be‧re
Noun
abere anim
- cattle (large, domesticated animal)
- animal (usually large mammals)
- (figuratively) brute
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | abere | aberea | abereak | abereok |
| ergative | aberek | abereak | abereek | abereok |
| dative | abereri | abereari | abereei | abereoi |
| genitive | abereren | aberearen | abereen | abereon |
| comitative | abererekin | aberearekin | abereekin | abereokin |
| causative | abererengatik | aberearengatik | abereengatik | abereongatik |
| benefactive | abererentzat | aberearentzat | abereentzat | abereontzat |
| instrumental | aberez | abereaz | abereez | abereotaz |
| innesive | abererengan | aberearengan | abereengan | abereongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | abererengana | aberearengana | abereengana | abereongana |
| terminative | abererenganaino | aberearenganaino | abereenganaino | abereonganaino |
| directive | abererenganantz | aberearenganantz | abereenganantz | abereonganantz |
| destinative | abererenganako | aberearenganako | abereenganako | abereonganako |
| ablative | abererengandik | aberearengandik | abereengandik | abereongandik |
| partitive | abererik | — | — | — |
| prolative | aberetzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- abelazkuntza (“stockbreeding”)
- abelbide (“green lane”)
- abelburu (“head of cattle”)
- abeldun (“cattle farmer”)
- abeletxe (“stable”)
- abelgorri (“bovine cattle”)
- abelgorriki (“beef”)
- abeltegi (“stable”)
- abeltzain (“cattle farmer”)
- abeltzaintza (“stockbreeding”)
- aberats (“rich”) (see there for further derivations)
- abere beltz (“domestic pig”)
- abere larri (“large cattle”)
- abere xehe (“small cattle”)
- abere-hiltzaile (“butcher, slaughterer”)
- aberekeria (“brutality”)
- abereki (“brutality, meat”)
- aberekoi (“brutal”)
- aberetasun (“brutality”)
- aberetiar (“brutal”)
- aberetu (“to stultify”)
- aberetzar (“beast”)
- aberezale (“animal lover”)
- aberezko (“brutal”)
References
- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “abere”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 75
Further reading
- “abere”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “abere”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.bɛ.rɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.be.re]
Verb
abere
- second-person singular future active indicative of absum
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
abere n
- indefinite plural of aber
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈbe.re/
Verb
ābere
- inflection of āberan:
- first-person singular present indicative
- singular present subjunctive