porlan

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from English Portland, short for Portland cement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /porlan/ [por.lãn]
  • Rhymes: -orlan, -an
  • Hyphenation: por‧lan

Noun

porlan inan

  1. cement
    Synonym: zementu

Declension

Declension of porlan (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive porlan porlana porlanak porlanok
ergative porlanek porlanak porlanek porlanok
dative porlani porlanari porlanei porlanoi
genitive porlanen porlanaren porlanen porlanon
comitative porlanekin porlanarekin porlanekin porlanokin
causative porlanengatik porlanarengatik porlanengatik porlanongatik
benefactive porlanentzat porlanarentzat porlanentzat porlanontzat
instrumental porlanez porlanaz porlanez porlanotaz
innesive porlanetan porlanean porlanetan porlanotan
locative porlanetako porlaneko porlanetako porlanotako
allative porlanetara porlanera porlanetara porlanotara
terminative porlanetaraino porlaneraino porlanetaraino porlanotaraino
directive porlanetarantz porlanerantz porlanetarantz porlanotarantz
destinative porlanetarako porlanerako porlanetarako porlanotarako
ablative porlanetatik porlanetik porlanetatik porlanotatik
partitive porlanik
prolative porlantzat

Further reading

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