ahal
See also: ahàl
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *anal.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahal/ [a.hal]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /al/ [al]
- (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ahal
- (Southern) Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: a‧hal
Noun edit
ahal inan
Declension edit
Declension of ahal (inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahal | ahala | ahalak |
| ergative | ahalek | ahalak | ahalek |
| dative | ahali | ahalari | ahalei |
| genitive | ahalen | ahalaren | ahalen |
| comitative | ahalekin | ahalarekin | ahalekin |
| causative | ahalengatik | ahalarengatik | ahalengatik |
| benefactive | ahalentzat | ahalarentzat | ahalentzat |
| instrumental | ahalez | ahalaz | ahalez |
| inessive | ahaletan | ahalean | ahaletan |
| locative | ahaletako | ahaleko | ahaletako |
| allative | ahaletara | ahalera | ahaletara |
| terminative | ahaletaraino | ahaleraino | ahaletaraino |
| directive | ahaletarantz | ahalerantz | ahaletarantz |
| destinative | ahaletarako | ahalerako | ahaletarako |
| ablative | ahaletatik | ahaletik | ahaletatik |
| partitive | ahalik | — | — |
| prolative | ahaltzat | — | — |
Particle edit
ahal
- hopefully (used with periphrastic verbs in the future tense)
- Azterketa aprobatuko ahal du! ― Hopefully, he/she will pass the exam.
References edit
- ^ “ahal” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk