maitemin

Basque

Etymology

Compound of maite (“love”) +‎ min (“pain, longing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai̯temin/ [mai̯.t̪e.mĩn]
  • Rhymes: -emin, -in
  • Hyphenation: mai‧te‧min

Noun

maitemin inan

  1. infatuation

Declension

Declension of maitemin (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive maitemin maitemina maiteminak maiteminok
ergative maiteminek maiteminak maiteminek maiteminok
dative maitemini maiteminari maiteminei maiteminoi
genitive maiteminen maiteminaren maiteminen maiteminon
comitative maiteminekin maiteminarekin maiteminekin maiteminokin
causative maiteminengatik maiteminarengatik maiteminengatik maiteminongatik
benefactive maiteminentzat maiteminarentzat maiteminentzat maiteminontzat
instrumental maiteminez maiteminaz maiteminez maiteminotaz
innesive maiteminetan maiteminean maiteminetan maiteminotan
locative maiteminetako maitemineko maiteminetako maiteminotako
allative maiteminetara maiteminera maiteminetara maiteminotara
terminative maiteminetaraino maitemineraino maiteminetaraino maiteminotaraino
directive maiteminetarantz maiteminerantz maiteminetarantz maiteminotarantz
destinative maiteminetarako maiteminerako maiteminetarako maiteminotarako
ablative maiteminetatik maiteminetik maiteminetatik maiteminotatik
partitive maiteminik — — —
prolative maitemintzat — — —

Derived terms

  • maitemindu (“to fall in love”)

Further reading

  • “maitemin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “maitemin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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