gotzon
Basque
Etymology
Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana in the 19th century by arbitrarily contracting gogo huts on (“good empty spirit”) to replace aingeru, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡot͡s̻on/ [ɡo.t͡s̻õn]
- Rhymes: -ots̻on, -on
- Hyphenation: go‧tzon
Noun
gotzon anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gotzon | gotzona | gotzonak | gotzonok |
| ergative | gotzonek | gotzonak | gotzonek | gotzonok |
| dative | gotzoni | gotzonari | gotzonei | gotzonoi |
| genitive | gotzonen | gotzonaren | gotzonen | gotzonon |
| comitative | gotzonekin | gotzonarekin | gotzonekin | gotzonokin |
| causative | gotzonengatik | gotzonarengatik | gotzonengatik | gotzonongatik |
| benefactive | gotzonentzat | gotzonarentzat | gotzonentzat | gotzonontzat |
| instrumental | gotzonez | gotzonaz | gotzonez | gotzonotaz |
| innesive | gotzonengan | gotzonarengan | gotzonengan | gotzonongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | gotzonengana | gotzonarengana | gotzonengana | gotzonongana |
| terminative | gotzonenganaino | gotzonarenganaino | gotzonenganaino | gotzononganaino |
| directive | gotzonenganantz | gotzonarenganantz | gotzonenganantz | gotzononganantz |
| destinative | gotzonenganako | gotzonarenganako | gotzonenganako | gotzononganako |
| ablative | gotzonengandik | gotzonarengandik | gotzonengandik | gotzonongandik |
| partitive | gotzonik | — | — | — |
| prolative | gotzontzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “gotzon”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “gotzon”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005