lehendakari
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque lehendakari.
Noun
lehendakari (plural lehendakaris)
- The president of the Basque government.
- 2009 March 2, Victoria Burnett, “Nationalists in Basque Losing Vote in Assembly”, in New York Times[1]:
- A vote to choose the new Basque leader, or lehendakari, is expected this week.
Translations
Translations
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Further reading
- lehendakari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Basque
Alternative forms
- lendakari (obsolete)
Etymology
Coined by members of the Basque Nationalist Party, from lehendabizi (“firstly”) + -ari (suffix indicating profession).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehendakaɾi/ [le.hẽn̪.d̪a.ka.ɾi]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /lendakaɾi/ [lẽn̪.d̪a.ka.ɾi]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
- Hyphenation: le‧hen‧da‧ka‧ri
Noun
lehendakari anim
- lehendakari
- president, prime minister
- Synonym: presidente
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | lehendakari | lehendakaria | lehendakariak |
| ergative | lehendakarik | lehendakariak | lehendakariek |
| dative | lehendakariri | lehendakariari | lehendakariei |
| genitive | lehendakariren | lehendakariaren | lehendakarien |
| comitative | lehendakarirekin | lehendakariarekin | lehendakariekin |
| causative | lehendakarirengatik | lehendakariarengatik | lehendakariengatik |
| benefactive | lehendakarirentzat | lehendakariarentzat | lehendakarientzat |
| instrumental | lehendakariz | lehendakariaz | lehendakariez |
| inessive | lehendakarirengan | lehendakariarengan | lehendakariengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | lehendakarirengana | lehendakariarengana | lehendakariengana |
| terminative | lehendakarirenganaino | lehendakariarenganaino | lehendakarienganaino |
| directive | lehendakarirenganantz | lehendakariarenganantz | lehendakarienganantz |
| destinative | lehendakarirenganako | lehendakariarenganako | lehendakarienganako |
| ablative | lehendakarirengandik | lehendakariarengandik | lehendakariengandik |
| partitive | lehendakaririk | — | — |
| prolative | lehendakaritzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “lehendakari”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lehendakari”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Basque lehendakari.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leendaˈkaɾi/ [le.ẽn̪.d̪aˈka.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -aɾi
- Syllabification: le‧hen‧da‧ka‧ri
Noun
lehendakari m or f by sense (plural lehendakaris)
- synonym of lendakari