porrot

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /porot/ [po.rot̪]
  • Rhymes: -orot, -ot
  • Hyphenation: po‧rrot

Noun

porrot inan

  1. failure, fiasco
  2. bankruptcy

Declension

Declension of porrot (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive porrot porrota porrotak porrotok
ergative porrotek porrotak porrotek porrotok
dative porroti porrotari porrotei porrotoi
genitive porroten porrotaren porroten porroton
comitative porrotekin porrotarekin porrotekin porrotokin
causative porrotengatik porrotarengatik porrotengatik porrotongatik
benefactive porrotentzat porrotarentzat porrotentzat porrotontzat
instrumental porrotez porrotaz porrotez porrototaz
innesive porrotetan porrotean porrotetan porrototan
locative porrotetako porroteko porrotetako porrototako
allative porrotetara porrotera porrotetara porrototara
terminative porrotetaraino porroteraino porrotetaraino porrototaraino
directive porrotetarantz porroterantz porrotetarantz porrototarantz
destinative porrotetarako porroterako porrotetarako porrototarako
ablative porrotetatik porrotetik porrotetatik porrototatik
partitive porrotik
prolative porrottzat

Derived terms

Further reading

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