zabor

See also: Zabor, zaboř, zabór, and zábor

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish zaborra (“dirt”), itself from Latin saburra (“grit, sand”), with the ending reinterpreted as an article.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻abor/ [s̻a.β̞or]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻abor/ [s̻a.β̞or]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺abor/ [s̺a.β̞or]

• Rhymes: -abor
• Hyphenation: za‧bor

Noun

zabor inan

1. waste, garbage
2. brush, scrub
3. rubble
4. (figurative) garbage, rubbish (something worthless)

Declension

Declension of zabor (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zabor	zaborra	zaborrak
ergative	zaborrek	zaborrak	zaborrek
dative	zaborri	zaborrari	zaborrei
genitive	zaborren	zaborraren	zaborren
comitative	zaborrekin	zaborrarekin	zaborrekin
causative	zaborrengatik	zaborrarengatik	zaborrengatik
benefactive	zaborrentzat	zaborrarentzat	zaborrentzat
instrumental	zaborrez	zaborraz	zaborrez
inessive	zaborretan	zaborrean	zaborretan
locative	zaborretako	zaborreko	zaborretako
allative	zaborretara	zaborrera	zaborretara
terminative	zaborretaraino	zaborreraino	zaborretaraino
directive	zaborretarantz	zaborrerantz	zaborretarantz
destinative	zaborretarako	zaborrerako	zaborretarako
ablative	zaborretatik	zaborretik	zaborretatik
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], Euskaltzaindia
• “zabor”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005