faltsu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish falso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most dialects) /falt͡s̺u/ [fal.t͡s̺u]
IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /falt͡s̻u/ [fal.t͡s̻u]

Rhymes: -alts̺u, -u
Rhymes: -alts̻u, -u

Hyphenation: fal‧tsu

Adjective

faltsu (comparative faltsuago, superlative faltsuen, excessive faltsuegi)

false
Synonym: gezurrezko
fake, counterfeit

Declension

Declension of *faltsu* (adjective, ending in vowel)
		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		faltsu	faltsua	faltsuak
ergative		faltsuk	faltsuak	faltsuek
dative		faltsuri	faltsuari	faltsuei
genitive		faltsuren	faltsuaren	faltsuen
comitative		faltsurekin	faltsuarekin	faltsuekin
causative		faltsurengatik	faltsuarengatik	faltsuengatik
benefactive		faltsurentzat	faltsuarentzat	faltsuentzat
instrumental		faltsuz	faltsuaz	faltsuez
inessive	anim	faltsurengan	faltsuarengan	faltsuengan
inessive	inan	faltsutan	faltsuan	faltsuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
locative	inan	faltsutako	faltsuko	faltsuetako
allative	anim	faltsurengana	faltsuarengana	faltsuengana
allative	inan	faltsutara	faltsura	faltsuetara
terminative	anim	faltsurenganaino	faltsuarenganaino	faltsuenganaino
terminative	inan	faltsutaraino	faltsuraino	faltsuetaraino
directive	anim	faltsurenganantz	faltsuarenganantz	faltsuenganantz
directive	inan	faltsutarantz	faltsurantz	faltsuetarantz
destinative	anim	faltsurenganako	faltsuarenganako	faltsuenganako
destinative	inan	faltsutarako	faltsurako	faltsuetarako
ablative	anim	faltsurengandik	faltsuarengandik	faltsuengandik
ablative	inan	faltsutatik	faltsutik	faltsuetatik
partitive		faltsurik	—	—
prolative		faltsutzat	—	—

Derived terms

faltsuan (“falsely”)
faltsukeria (“falseness”)
faltsuki (“falsely”)
faltsutasun (“falseness”)
faltsutu (“to falsify”)
faltsutzaile (“counterfeiter”)

Further reading

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