zorrozkailu
Basque
Etymology
From zorrotz (“sharp”) + gailu (“device, machine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻oros̻kai̯lu/ [s̻o.ros̻.kai̯.lu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: zo‧rroz‧kai‧lu
Noun
zorrozkailu inan
- pencil sharpener
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | zorrozkailu | zorrozkailua | zorrozkailuak | zorrozkailuok |
| ergative | zorrozkailuk | zorrozkailuak | zorrozkailuek | zorrozkailuok |
| dative | zorrozkailuri | zorrozkailuari | zorrozkailuei | zorrozkailuoi |
| genitive | zorrozkailuren | zorrozkailuaren | zorrozkailuen | zorrozkailuon |
| comitative | zorrozkailurekin | zorrozkailuarekin | zorrozkailuekin | zorrozkailuokin |
| causative | zorrozkailurengatik | zorrozkailuarengatik | zorrozkailuengatik | zorrozkailuongatik |
| benefactive | zorrozkailurentzat | zorrozkailuarentzat | zorrozkailuentzat | zorrozkailuontzat |
| instrumental | zorrozkailuz | zorrozkailuaz | zorrozkailuez | zorrozkailuotaz |
| innesive | zorrozkailutan | zorrozkailuan | zorrozkailuetan | zorrozkailuotan |
| locative | zorrozkailutako | zorrozkailuko | zorrozkailuetako | zorrozkailuotako |
| allative | zorrozkailutara | zorrozkailura | zorrozkailuetara | zorrozkailuotara |
| terminative | zorrozkailutaraino | zorrozkailuraino | zorrozkailuetaraino | zorrozkailuotaraino |
| directive | zorrozkailutarantz | zorrozkailurantz | zorrozkailuetarantz | zorrozkailuotarantz |
| destinative | zorrozkailutarako | zorrozkailurako | zorrozkailuetarako | zorrozkailuotarako |
| ablative | zorrozkailutatik | zorrozkailutik | zorrozkailuetatik | zorrozkailuotatik |
| partitive | zorrozkailurik | — | — | — |
| prolative | zorrozkailutzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “zorrozkailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]