eskailera
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /es̺kaʎeɾa/, [e̞s̺.ka.ʎe̞.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /es̺kai̯leɾa/, [e̞s̺.kai̯.le̞.ɾa]
Noun
eskailera inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | eskailera | eskailera | eskailerak |
| ergative | eskailerak | eskailerak | eskailerek |
| dative | eskailerari | eskailerari | eskailerei |
| genitive | eskaileraren | eskaileraren | eskaileren |
| comitative | eskailerarekin | eskailerarekin | eskailerekin |
| causative | eskailerarengatik | eskailerarengatik | eskailerengatik |
| benefactive | eskailerarentzat | eskailerarentzat | eskailerentzat |
| instrumental | eskaileraz | eskaileraz | eskailerez |
| inessive | eskaileratan | eskaileran | eskaileretan |
| locative | eskaileratako | eskailerako | eskaileretako |
| allative | eskaileratara | eskailerara | eskaileretara |
| terminative | eskailerataraino | eskaileraraino | eskaileretaraino |
| directive | eskaileratarantz | eskailerarantz | eskaileretarantz |
| destinative | eskaileratarako | eskailerarako | eskaileretarako |
| ablative | eskaileratatik | eskaileratik | eskaileretatik |
| partitive | eskailerarik | — | — |
| prolative | eskaileratzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- birako eskailera (“spiral staircase”)
- eskailera kiribil (“spiral staircase”)
- eskailera mekaniko (“escalator”)
- eskailera-atal (“stair flight”)
- eskailera-begi (“stairwell”)
- eskailera-buru (“landing of a staircase”)
- eskailera-kaxa (“stairwell”)
- eskailera-maila (“stair”)
- eskailera-suge (“ladder snake”)
- eskailerape (“space under a stair”)
- eskailerapeko ardo (“wine bottled a year after the vintage”)
Further reading
- “eskailera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “eskailera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005