harrabots
Basque
Etymology
Likely a metathesized form of abarrots (“noise”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /harabot͡s̺/ [ha.ra.β̞ot͡s̺]
- Rhymes: -abots̺, -ots̺
- Rhymes: -abots̻, -ots̻
- Hyphenation: ha‧rra‧bots
Noun
harrabots inan
- (Northern) noise, clattering
- Synonym: abarrots
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | harrabots | harrabotsa | harrabotsak | harrabotsok |
| ergative | harrabotsek | harrabotsak | harrabotsek | harrabotsok |
| dative | harrabotsi | harrabotsari | harrabotsei | harrabotsoi |
| genitive | harrabotsen | harrabotsaren | harrabotsen | harrabotson |
| comitative | harrabotsekin | harrabotsarekin | harrabotsekin | harrabotsokin |
| causative | harrabotsengatik | harrabotsarengatik | harrabotsengatik | harrabotsongatik |
| benefactive | harrabotsentzat | harrabotsarentzat | harrabotsentzat | harrabotsontzat |
| instrumental | harrabotsez | harrabotsaz | harrabotsez | harrabotsotaz |
| innesive | harrabotsetan | harrabotsean | harrabotsetan | harrabotsotan |
| locative | harrabotsetako | harrabotseko | harrabotsetako | harrabotsotako |
| allative | harrabotsetara | harrabotsera | harrabotsetara | harrabotsotara |
| terminative | harrabotsetaraino | harrabotseraino | harrabotsetaraino | harrabotsotaraino |
| directive | harrabotsetarantz | harrabotserantz | harrabotsetarantz | harrabotsotarantz |
| destinative | harrabotsetarako | harrabotserako | harrabotsetarako | harrabotsotarako |
| ablative | harrabotsetatik | harrabotsetik | harrabotsetatik | harrabotsotatik |
| partitive | harrabotsik | — | — | — |
| prolative | harrabostzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “harrabots”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “harrabots”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005