xurgagailu
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From xurgatu (“to absorb”) + gailu (“device, machine”).
Pronunciation edit
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ʃurɡaɡai̯lu/ [ʃur.ɣ̞a.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ʃurɡaɡaʎu/ [ʃur.ɣ̞a.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ai̯lu
- (Southern) Rhymes: -aʎu
- Hyphenation: xur‧ga‧gai‧lu
Noun edit
xurgagailu inan
Declension edit
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 edit
- "xurgagailu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “xurgagailu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus