-garren
Basque edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-garren
- Ordinal number suffix.
Usage notes edit
- The ordinal form of bat (“one”) is lehen (“first”), not *batgarren. However, in compound numbers ending in bat, the suffix is regularly applied. For example, the ordinal form of hogeita bat (“twenty-one”) is hogeita batgarren (“twenty-first”), and not *hogeita lehen.