gurutze
Basque
Etymology
Probably borrowed from a Romance descendant of Latin crucem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuɾut͡s̻e/ [ɡu.ɾu.t͡s̻e]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uts̻e, -e
- Hyphenation: gu‧ru‧tze
Noun
gurutze inan
- cross
- (figuratively) torture, misery
- intersection, crossing
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gurutze | gurutzea | gurutzeak | gurutzeok |
| ergative | gurutzek | gurutzeak | gurutzeek | gurutzeok |
| dative | gurutzeri | gurutzeari | gurutzeei | gurutzeoi |
| genitive | gurutzeren | gurutzearen | gurutzeen | gurutzeon |
| comitative | gurutzerekin | gurutzearekin | gurutzeekin | gurutzeokin |
| causative | gurutzerengatik | gurutzearengatik | gurutzeengatik | gurutzeongatik |
| benefactive | gurutzerentzat | gurutzearentzat | gurutzeentzat | gurutzeontzat |
| instrumental | gurutzez | gurutzeaz | gurutzeez | gurutzeotaz |
| innesive | gurutzetan | gurutzean | gurutzeetan | gurutzeotan |
| locative | gurutzetako | gurutzeko | gurutzeetako | gurutzeotako |
| allative | gurutzetara | gurutzera | gurutzeetara | gurutzeotara |
| terminative | gurutzetaraino | gurutzeraino | gurutzeetaraino | gurutzeotaraino |
| directive | gurutzetarantz | gurutzerantz | gurutzeetarantz | gurutzeotarantz |
| destinative | gurutzetarako | gurutzerako | gurutzeetarako | gurutzeotarako |
| ablative | gurutzetatik | gurutzetik | gurutzeetatik | gurutzeotatik |
| partitive | gurutzerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | gurutzetzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- bidegurutze (“crossroads”)
- Gurutze Gorria (“Red Cross”)
- gurutze santuaren egin (“to make the sign of the cross”)
- gurutze-bide (“Way of the Cross”)
- gurutze-ganga (“Latin cross plan”)
- gurutzearen seinale (“sign of the cross”)
- gurutzedun (“cruciferous”)
- gurutzefika (“crucifix”)
- gurutzeratu (“to crucify”)
- gurutzeria (“crossing of a church”)
- gurutzeta (“crossroads”)
- gurutzetara (“forming a cross”)
Related terms
- gurutzefikatu (“to crucify”)
- gurutzegrama (“crosswords”)
Further reading
- “gurutze”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “gurutze”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005