xurgagailu
Basque
Etymology
From xurgatu (“to absorb”) + gailu (“device, machine”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ʃurɡaɡai̯lu/ [ʃur.ɣ̞a.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ʃurɡaɡaʎu/ [ʃur.ɣ̞a.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: xur‧ga‧gai‧lu
Noun
xurgagailu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | xurgagailu | xurgagailua | xurgagailuak | xurgagailuok |
| ergative | xurgagailuk | xurgagailuak | xurgagailuek | xurgagailuok |
| dative | xurgagailuri | xurgagailuari | xurgagailuei | xurgagailuoi |
| genitive | xurgagailuren | xurgagailuaren | xurgagailuen | xurgagailuon |
| comitative | xurgagailurekin | xurgagailuarekin | xurgagailuekin | xurgagailuokin |
| causative | xurgagailurengatik | xurgagailuarengatik | xurgagailuengatik | xurgagailuongatik |
| benefactive | xurgagailurentzat | xurgagailuarentzat | xurgagailuentzat | xurgagailuontzat |
| instrumental | xurgagailuz | xurgagailuaz | xurgagailuez | xurgagailuotaz |
| innesive | xurgagailutan | xurgagailuan | xurgagailuetan | xurgagailuotan |
| locative | xurgagailutako | xurgagailuko | xurgagailuetako | xurgagailuotako |
| allative | xurgagailutara | xurgagailura | xurgagailuetara | xurgagailuotara |
| terminative | xurgagailutaraino | xurgagailuraino | xurgagailuetaraino | xurgagailuotaraino |
| directive | xurgagailutarantz | xurgagailurantz | xurgagailuetarantz | xurgagailuotarantz |
| destinative | xurgagailutarako | xurgagailurako | xurgagailuetarako | xurgagailuotarako |
| ablative | xurgagailutatik | xurgagailutik | xurgagailuetatik | xurgagailuotatik |
| partitive | xurgagailurik | — | — | — |
| prolative | xurgagailutzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “xurgagailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “xurgagailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005