basamortu

Basque

Etymology

From basa- (“forest, wilderness”, combining form of baso) +‎ mortu (“barren”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /bas̺amortu/ [ba.s̺a.mor.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -ortu, -u
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧mor‧tu

Noun

basamortu inan

  1. desert (barren area of land)

Declension

Declension of basamortu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive basamortu basamortua basamortuak
ergative basamortuk basamortuak basamortuek
dative basamorturi basamortuari basamortuei
genitive basamorturen basamortuaren basamortuen
comitative basamorturekin basamortuarekin basamortuekin
causative basamorturengatik basamortuarengatik basamortuengatik
benefactive basamorturentzat basamortuarentzat basamortuentzat
instrumental basamortuz basamortuaz basamortuez
inessive basamortutan basamortuan basamortuetan
locative basamortutako basamortuko basamortuetako
allative basamortutara basamortura basamortuetara
terminative basamortutaraino basamorturaino basamortuetaraino
directive basamortutarantz basamorturantz basamortuetarantz
destinative basamortutarako basamorturako basamortuetarako
ablative basamortutatik basamortutik basamortuetatik
partitive basamorturik — —
prolative basamortutzat — —

Declension

  • basamortuko arrosa (“desert rose”)
  • basamortutar (“desertic”)
  • basamortutu (“to desert”)
  • basamortutze (“desertification”)

Further reading

  • “basamortu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “basamortu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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