erabili
Basque
Etymology
Causative of ibili (“to move”). From Proto-Basque *e-ra-biL-i, from the root *-biL-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /eɾabili/ [e.ɾa.β̞i.li]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /eɾabiʎi/ [e.ɾa.β̞i.ʎi]
- Rhymes: -ili, -i
- Rhymes: -iʎi, -i
- Hyphenation: e‧ra‧bi‧li
Verb
erabili du (imperfect participle erabiltzen, future participle erabiliko, short form erabil, verbal noun erabiltze)
Conjugation
erabili ― NOR-NORK paradigm
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narabilk/na | narabil | ―
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narabilzu | narabilzue | narabilte | ni | 1st sg |
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harabilte | hi | 2nd sg inf | ||
| darabilt | darabilk/na | darabil | darabilgu | darabilzu | darabilzue | darabilte | hura | 3rd sg | ||
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garabiltzak/n | garabiltza | ―
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garabiltzazu | garabiltzazue | garabiltzate | gu | 1st pl | ||
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zarabiltzate | zu | 2nd sg for | ||
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| darabiltzat | darabiltzak/n | darabiltza | darabiltzagu | darabiltzazu | darabiltzazue | darabiltzate | haiek | 3rd pl | ||
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| nerabilen | herabilen | zerabilen | generabilen | zenerabilen | zenerabilten | zerabilten | hura | 3rd sg | ||
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- erabilaldi
- erabilarazi
- erabilbide
- erabilera (“usage”)
- erabilerraz (“easy to use”)
- erabilezin
- erabilgai (“available”)
- erabilgaitasun
- erabilgaitz
- erabilgarri
- erabilgarritasun
- erabilketa (“use, application”)
- erabilmolde
- erabilpen (“usage”)
- erabiltzaile (“user”)
- erabiltzaile-izen (“username”)
Further reading
- “erabili”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “erabili”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005