xurgagailu

Basque

Etymology

From xurgatu (“to absorb”) +‎ gailu (“device, machine”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ʃurɡaɡai̯lu/ [ʃur.ɣ̞a.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ʃurɡaɡaʎu/ [ʃur.ɣ̞a.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
• Rhymes: -ai̯lu
• Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: xur‧ga‧gai‧lu

Noun

xurgagailu inan

1. vacuum cleaner

Declension

Declension of xurgagailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	xurgagailu	xurgagailua	xurgagailuak
ergative	xurgagailuk	xurgagailuak	xurgagailuek
dative	xurgagailuri	xurgagailuari	xurgagailuei
genitive	xurgagailuren	xurgagailuaren	xurgagailuen
comitative	xurgagailurekin	xurgagailuarekin	xurgagailuekin
causative	xurgagailurengatik	xurgagailuarengatik	xurgagailuengatik
benefactive	xurgagailurentzat	xurgagailuarentzat	xurgagailuentzat
instrumental	xurgagailuz	xurgagailuaz	xurgagailuez
inessive	xurgagailutan	xurgagailuan	xurgagailuetan
locative	xurgagailutako	xurgagailuko	xurgagailuetako
allative	xurgagailutara	xurgagailura	xurgagailuetara
terminative	xurgagailutaraino	xurgagailuraino	xurgagailuetaraino
directive	xurgagailutarantz	xurgagailurantz	xurgagailuetarantz
destinative	xurgagailutarako	xurgagailurako	xurgagailuetarako
ablative	xurgagailutatik	xurgagailutik	xurgagailuetatik
partitive	xurgagailurik	—	—
prolative	xurgagailutzat	—	—

Further reading

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