lorategi
Basque
Etymology
From lora- (combining form of lore (“flower”)) + -tegi (“place”). The "anthology" sense is a semantic loan from Spanish florilegio.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /loɾateɡi/ [lo.ɾa.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
- Rhymes: -eɡi, -i
- Hyphenation: lo‧ra‧te‧gi
Noun
lorategi inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | lorategi | lorategia | lorategiak | lorategiok |
| ergative | lorategik | lorategiak | lorategiek | lorategiok |
| dative | lorategiri | lorategiari | lorategiei | lorategioi |
| genitive | lorategiren | lorategiaren | lorategien | lorategion |
| comitative | lorategirekin | lorategiarekin | lorategiekin | lorategiokin |
| causative | lorategirengatik | lorategiarengatik | lorategiengatik | lorategiongatik |
| benefactive | lorategirentzat | lorategiarentzat | lorategientzat | lorategiontzat |
| instrumental | lorategiz | lorategiaz | lorategiez | lorategiotaz |
| innesive | lorategitan | lorategian | lorategietan | lorategiotan |
| locative | lorategitako | lorategiko | lorategietako | lorategiotako |
| allative | lorategitara | lorategira | lorategietara | lorategiotara |
| terminative | lorategitaraino | lorategiraino | lorategietaraino | lorategiotaraino |
| directive | lorategitarantz | lorategirantz | lorategietarantz | lorategiotarantz |
| destinative | lorategitarako | lorategirako | lorategietarako | lorategiotarako |
| ablative | lorategitatik | lorategitik | lorategietatik | lorategiotatik |
| partitive | lorategirik | — | — | — |
| prolative | lorategitzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- lorategi botaniko (“botanic garden”)
- lorategi-hiri (“garden city”)
Further reading
- “lorategi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lorategi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005