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