zabor
Basque
Etymology
From Spanish zaborra (“dirt”), itself from Latin saburra (“grit, sand”), with the ending reinterpreted as an article.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -abor, -or
- Hyphenation: za‧bor
Noun
zabor inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | zabor | zaborra | zaborrak | zaborrok |
| ergative | zaborrek | zaborrak | zaborrek | zaborrok |
| dative | zaborri | zaborrari | zaborrei | zaborroi |
| genitive | zaborren | zaborraren | zaborren | zaborron |
| comitative | zaborrekin | zaborrarekin | zaborrekin | zaborrokin |
| causative | zaborrengatik | zaborrarengatik | zaborrengatik | zaborrongatik |
| benefactive | zaborrentzat | zaborrarentzat | zaborrentzat | zaborrontzat |
| instrumental | zaborrez | zaborraz | zaborrez | zaborrotaz |
| innesive | zaborretan | zaborrean | zaborretan | zaborrotan |
| locative | zaborretako | zaborreko | zaborretako | zaborrotako |
| allative | zaborretara | zaborrera | zaborretara | zaborrotara |
| terminative | zaborretaraino | zaborreraino | zaborretaraino | zaborrotaraino |
| directive | zaborretarantz | zaborrerantz | zaborretarantz | zaborrotarantz |
| destinative | zaborretarako | zaborrerako | zaborretarako | zaborrotarako |
| ablative | zaborretatik | zaborretik | zaborretatik | zaborrotatik |
| partitive | zaborrik | — | — | — |
| prolative | zabortzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- zabor-bilketa (“waste disposal”)
- zabor-biltzaile (“garbage collector”)
- zabor-jan (“junk food”)
- zabor-lan (“crap job”)
- zabor-poltsa (“garbage bag”)
- zabor-posta (“junk mail”)
- zaborreria (“waste, residue”)
- zaborrontzi (“waste bin”)
- zabortegi (“landfill”)
Further reading
- “zabor”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “zabor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005