garbigailu
Basque
Etymology
From garbi (“clean”) + gailu (“device, machine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɡarbiɡai̯lu/ [ɡar.β̞i.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ɡarbiɡaʎu/ [ɡar.β̞i.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
- Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
- Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
- Hyphenation: gar‧bi‧gai‧lu
Noun
garbigailu inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | garbigailu | garbigailua | garbigailuak |
| ergative | garbigailuk | garbigailuak | garbigailuek |
| dative | garbigailuri | garbigailuari | garbigailuei |
| genitive | garbigailuren | garbigailuaren | garbigailuen |
| comitative | garbigailurekin | garbigailuarekin | garbigailuekin |
| causative | garbigailurengatik | garbigailuarengatik | garbigailuengatik |
| benefactive | garbigailurentzat | garbigailuarentzat | garbigailuentzat |
| instrumental | garbigailuz | garbigailuaz | garbigailuez |
| inessive | garbigailutan | garbigailuan | garbigailuetan |
| locative | garbigailutako | garbigailuko | garbigailuetako |
| allative | garbigailutara | garbigailura | garbigailuetara |
| terminative | garbigailutaraino | garbigailuraino | garbigailuetaraino |
| directive | garbigailutarantz | garbigailurantz | garbigailuetarantz |
| destinative | garbigailutarako | garbigailurako | garbigailuetarako |
| ablative | garbigailutatik | garbigailutik | garbigailuetatik |
| partitive | garbigailurik | — | — |
| prolative | garbigailutzat | — | — |
Synonyms
- ikuzkailu
Further reading
- “garbigailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “garbigailu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005