abemaria

Basque

Etymology

Either from Spanish avemaría (“Hail Mary”) or directly from Latin Avē Maria (literally “hail, Mary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abemaɾia/ [a.β̞e.ma.ɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧ma‧ri‧a

Noun

abemaria inan

1. Hail Mary
2. Angelus

   Synonym: abemarietako

Declension

Declension of abemaria (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abemaria	abemaria	abemariak
ergative	abemariak	abemariak	abemariek
dative	abemariari	abemariari	abemariei
genitive	abemariaren	abemariaren	abemarien
comitative	abemariarekin	abemariarekin	abemariekin
causative	abemariarengatik	abemariarengatik	abemariengatik
benefactive	abemariarentzat	abemariarentzat	abemarientzat
instrumental	abemariaz	abemariaz	abemariez
inessive	abemariatan	abemarian	abemarietan
locative	abemariatako	abemariako	abemarietako
allative	abemariatara	abemariara	abemarietara
terminative	abemariataraino	abemariaraino	abemarietaraino
directive	abemariatarantz	abemariarantz	abemarietarantz
destinative	abemariatarako	abemariarako	abemarietarako
ablative	abemariatatik	abemariatik	abemarietatik
partitive	abemariarik	—	—
prolative	abemariatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abemaria-ezkila (“bell ringing for the Angelus”)
• abemarietako (“Angelus”)

 

Further reading

• “abemaria”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “abemaria”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005