abantailos
Basque
Etymology
From French avantageux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abantai̯los̺/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪ai̯.los̺]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /abantaʎos̺/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪a.ʎos̺]
- Rhymes: -ai̯los̺, -os̺
- Rhymes: -aʎos̺, -os̺
- Hyphenation: a‧ban‧tai‧los
Adjective
abantailos (comparative abantailosago, superlative abantailosen, excessive abantailosegi)
- (Northern) advantageous
- Synonym: abantailatsu
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | abantailos | abantailosa | abantailosak | |
| ergative | abantailosek | abantailosak | abantailosek | |
| dative | abantailosi | abantailosari | abantailosei | |
| genitive | abantailosen | abantailosaren | abantailosen | |
| comitative | abantailosekin | abantailosarekin | abantailosekin | |
| causative | abantailosengatik | abantailosarengatik | abantailosengatik | |
| benefactive | abantailosentzat | abantailosarentzat | abantailosentzat | |
| instrumental | abantailosez | abantailosaz | abantailosez | |
| inessive | anim | abantailosengan | abantailosarengan | abantailosengan |
| inan | abantailosetan | abantailosean | abantailosetan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | abantailosetako | abantailoseko | abantailosetako | |
| allative | anim | abantailosengana | abantailosarengana | abantailosengana |
| inan | abantailosetara | abantailosera | abantailosetara | |
| terminative | anim | abantailosenganaino | abantailosarenganaino | abantailosenganaino |
| inan | abantailosetaraino | abantailoseraino | abantailosetaraino | |
| directive | anim | abantailosenganantz | abantailosarenganantz | abantailosenganantz |
| inan | abantailosetarantz | abantailoserantz | abantailosetarantz | |
| destinative | anim | abantailosenganako | abantailosarenganako | abantailosenganako |
| inan | abantailosetarako | abantailoserako | abantailosetarako | |
| ablative | anim | abantailosengandik | abantailosarengandik | abantailosengandik |
| inan | abantailosetatik | abantailosetik | abantailosetatik | |
| partitive | abantailosik | — | — | |
| prolative | abantailostzat | — | — | |
Derived terms
- abantailoski (“advantageously”)
Related terms
- abantaila (“advantage”)
Further reading
- “abantailos”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “abantailos”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005