oparo
Basque
Etymology
From opa (“offering, desire”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /opaɾo/ [o.pa.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -aɾo, -o
- Hyphenation: o‧pa‧ro
Adjective
oparo (comparative oparoago, superlative oparoen, excessive oparoegi)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | oparo | oparoa | oparoak | |
| ergative | oparok | oparoak | oparoek | |
| dative | oparori | oparoari | oparoei | |
| genitive | oparoren | oparoaren | oparoen | |
| comitative | oparorekin | oparoarekin | oparoekin | |
| causative | oparorengatik | oparoarengatik | oparoengatik | |
| benefactive | oparorentzat | oparoarentzat | oparoentzat | |
| instrumental | oparoz | oparoaz | oparoez | |
| inessive | anim | oparorengan | oparoarengan | oparoengan |
| inan | oparotan | oparoan | oparoetan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | oparotako | oparoko | oparoetako | |
| allative | anim | oparorengana | oparoarengana | oparoengana |
| inan | oparotara | oparora | oparoetara | |
| terminative | anim | oparorenganaino | oparoarenganaino | oparoenganaino |
| inan | oparotaraino | oparoraino | oparoetaraino | |
| directive | anim | oparorenganantz | oparoarenganantz | oparoenganantz |
| inan | oparotarantz | oparorantz | oparoetarantz | |
| destinative | anim | oparorenganako | oparoarenganako | oparoenganako |
| inan | oparotarako | oparorako | oparoetarako | |
| ablative | anim | oparorengandik | oparoarengandik | oparoengandik |
| inan | oparotatik | oparotik | oparoetatik | |
| partitive | oparorik | — | — | |
| prolative | oparotzat | — | — | |
Derived terms
- oparoaldi (“time of abundance”)
- oparotasun (“abundance”)
- oparotsu (“abundant”)
Adverb
oparo (comparative oparoago, superlative oparoen, excessive oparoegi)
- abundantly, generously
- Synonym: (rare) oparotsu
Further reading
- “oparo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “oparo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005