antzerki
Basque
Etymology
From antzeratu (“to mimic, to imitate”) + -ki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ant͡s̻erki/ [ãn.t͡s̻er.ki]
- Rhymes: -erki, -i
- Hyphenation: an‧tzer‧ki
Noun
antzerki inan
- theatrical play
- Antzerkia aspergarria izan zen. ― The play was boring.
- theater (art form), drama
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | antzerki | antzerkia | antzerkiak |
| ergative | antzerkik | antzerkiak | antzerkiek |
| dative | antzerkiri | antzerkiari | antzerkiei |
| genitive | antzerkiren | antzerkiaren | antzerkien |
| comitative | antzerkirekin | antzerkiarekin | antzerkiekin |
| causative | antzerkirengatik | antzerkiarengatik | antzerkiengatik |
| benefactive | antzerkirentzat | antzerkiarentzat | antzerkientzat |
| instrumental | antzerkiz | antzerkiaz | antzerkiez |
| inessive | antzerkitan | antzerkian | antzerkietan |
| locative | antzerkitako | antzerkiko | antzerkietako |
| allative | antzerkitara | antzerkira | antzerkietara |
| terminative | antzerkitaraino | antzerkiraino | antzerkietaraino |
| directive | antzerkitarantz | antzerkirantz | antzerkietarantz |
| destinative | antzerkitarako | antzerkirako | antzerkietarako |
| ablative | antzerkitatik | antzerkitik | antzerkietatik |
| partitive | antzerkirik | — | — |
| prolative | antzerkitzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- antzerki-lan
- antzerkigile (“playwright”)
- antzerkigintza
- antzerkilari
- antzerkizale
- irri-antzerki
- kale-antzerki
Further reading
- “antzerki”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “antzerki”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005