garbigailu
Basque
Etymology
From garbi (“clean”) + gailu (“device, machine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɡarbiɡai̯lu/ [ɡar.β̞i.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ɡarbiɡaʎu/ [ɡar.β̞i.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: gar‧bi‧gai‧lu
Noun
garbigailu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | garbigailu | garbigailua | garbigailuak | garbigailuok |
| ergative | garbigailuk | garbigailuak | garbigailuek | garbigailuok |
| dative | garbigailuri | garbigailuari | garbigailuei | garbigailuoi |
| genitive | garbigailuren | garbigailuaren | garbigailuen | garbigailuon |
| comitative | garbigailurekin | garbigailuarekin | garbigailuekin | garbigailuokin |
| causative | garbigailurengatik | garbigailuarengatik | garbigailuengatik | garbigailuongatik |
| benefactive | garbigailurentzat | garbigailuarentzat | garbigailuentzat | garbigailuontzat |
| instrumental | garbigailuz | garbigailuaz | garbigailuez | garbigailuotaz |
| innesive | garbigailutan | garbigailuan | garbigailuetan | garbigailuotan |
| locative | garbigailutako | garbigailuko | garbigailuetako | garbigailuotako |
| allative | garbigailutara | garbigailura | garbigailuetara | garbigailuotara |
| terminative | garbigailutaraino | garbigailuraino | garbigailuetaraino | garbigailuotaraino |
| directive | garbigailutarantz | garbigailurantz | garbigailuetarantz | garbigailuotarantz |
| destinative | garbigailutarako | garbigailurako | garbigailuetarako | garbigailuotarako |
| ablative | garbigailutatik | garbigailutik | garbigailuetatik | garbigailuotatik |
| partitive | garbigailurik | — | — | — |
| prolative | garbigailutzat | — | — | — |
Synonyms
- ikuzkailu
Further reading
- “garbigailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “garbigailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005