adreilu
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Spanish ladriello with a rebracketing of el ladriello as el adriello. First attested in 1600.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /adrei̯lu/ [a.ð̞rei̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /adreʎu/ [a.ð̞re.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ei̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -eʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: a‧drei‧lu
Noun
adreilu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | adreilu | adreilua | adreiluak |
| ergative | adreiluk | adreiluak | adreiluek |
| dative | adreiluri | adreiluari | adreiluei |
| genitive | adreiluren | adreiluaren | adreiluen |
| comitative | adreilurekin | adreiluarekin | adreiluekin |
| causative | adreilurengatik | adreiluarengatik | adreiluengatik |
| benefactive | adreilurentzat | adreiluarentzat | adreiluentzat |
| instrumental | adreiluz | adreiluaz | adreiluez |
| inessive | adreilutan | adreiluan | adreiluetan |
| locative | adreilutako | adreiluko | adreiluetako |
| allative | adreilutara | adreilura | adreiluetara |
| terminative | adreilutaraino | adreiluraino | adreiluetaraino |
| directive | adreilutarantz | adreilurantz | adreiluetarantz |
| destinative | adreilutarako | adreilurako | adreiluetarako |
| ablative | adreilutatik | adreilutik | adreiluetatik |
| partitive | adreilurik | — | — |
| prolative | adreilutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- adreiluztatu (“to pave with bricks”)
Further reading
- “adreilu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “adreilu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005