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]
- Rhymes: -ahul, -ul
- Rhymes: -au̯l
- Hyphenation: a‧hul
Adjective
ahul (comparative ahulago, superlative ahulen, excessive ahulegi)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahul | ahula | ahulak | ahulok | |
| ergative | ahulek | ahulak | ahulek | ahulok | |
| dative | ahuli | ahulari | ahulei | ahuloi | |
| genitive | ahulen | ahularen | ahulen | ahulon | |
| comitative | ahulekin | ahularekin | ahulekin | ahulokin | |
| causative | ahulengatik | ahularengatik | ahulengatik | ahulongatik | |
| benefactive | ahulentzat | ahularentzat | ahulentzat | ahulontzat | |
| instrumental | ahulez | ahulaz | ahulez | ahulotaz | |
| innesive | anim. | ahulengan | ahularengan | ahulengan | ahulongan |
| inan. | ahuletan | ahulean | ahuletan | ahulotan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — | — |
| inan. | ahuletako | ahuleko | ahuletako | ahulotako | |
| allative | anim. | ahulengana | ahularengana | ahulengana | ahulongana |
| inan. | ahuletara | ahulera | ahuletara | ahulotara | |
| terminative | anim. | ahulenganaino | ahularenganaino | ahulenganaino | ahulonganaino |
| inan. | ahuletaraino | ahuleraino | ahuletaraino | ahulotaraino | |
| directive | anim. | ahulenganantz | ahularenganantz | ahulenganantz | ahulonganantz |
| inan. | ahuletarantz | ahulerantz | ahuletarantz | ahulotarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | ahulenganako | ahularenganako | ahulenganako | ahulonganako |
| inan. | ahuletarako | ahulerako | ahuletarako | ahulotarako | |
| ablative | anim. | ahulengandik | ahularengandik | ahulengandik | ahulongandik |
| inan. | ahuletatik | ahuletik | ahuletatik | ahulotatik | |
| 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ahul”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005