kaltegarri
Basque
Etymology
From kalte (“damage, harm”) + -garri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalteɡari/ [kal̪.t̪e.ɣ̞a.ri]
- Rhymes: -ari, -i
- Hyphenation: kal‧te‧ga‧rri
Adjective
kaltegarri (comparative kaltegarriago, superlative kaltegarrien, excessive kaltegarriegi)
- detrimental, harmful, injurious
- Synonym: kaltegarrizko
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | kaltegarri | kaltegarria | kaltegarriak | |
| ergative | kaltegarrik | kaltegarriak | kaltegarriek | |
| dative | kaltegarriri | kaltegarriari | kaltegarriei | |
| genitive | kaltegarriren | kaltegarriaren | kaltegarrien | |
| comitative | kaltegarrirekin | kaltegarriarekin | kaltegarriekin | |
| causative | kaltegarrirengatik | kaltegarriarengatik | kaltegarriengatik | |
| benefactive | kaltegarrirentzat | kaltegarriarentzat | kaltegarrientzat | |
| instrumental | kaltegarriz | kaltegarriaz | kaltegarriez | |
| inessive | anim | kaltegarrirengan | kaltegarriarengan | kaltegarriengan |
| inan | kaltegarritan | kaltegarrian | kaltegarrietan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | kaltegarritako | kaltegarriko | kaltegarrietako | |
| allative | anim | kaltegarrirengana | kaltegarriarengana | kaltegarriengana |
| inan | kaltegarritara | kaltegarrira | kaltegarrietara | |
| terminative | anim | kaltegarrirenganaino | kaltegarriarenganaino | kaltegarrienganaino |
| inan | kaltegarritaraino | kaltegarriraino | kaltegarrietaraino | |
| directive | anim | kaltegarrirenganantz | kaltegarriarenganantz | kaltegarrienganantz |
| inan | kaltegarritarantz | kaltegarrirantz | kaltegarrietarantz | |
| destinative | anim | kaltegarrirenganako | kaltegarriarenganako | kaltegarrienganako |
| inan | kaltegarritarako | kaltegarrirako | kaltegarrietarako | |
| ablative | anim | kaltegarrirengandik | kaltegarriarengandik | kaltegarriengandik |
| inan | kaltegarritatik | kaltegarritik | kaltegarrietatik | |
| partitive | kaltegarririk | — | — | |
| prolative | kaltegarritzat | — | — | |
Derived terms
- kaltegarrizko (“harmful”)
Further reading
- “kaltegarri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “kaltegarri”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005