porrot

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /porot/ [po.rot̪]
  • Rhymes: -orot, -ot
  • Hyphenation: po‧rrot

Noun

porrot inan

  1. failure, fiasco
  2. bankruptcy

Declension

Declension of porrot (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive porrot porrota porrotak
ergative porrotek porrotak porrotek
dative porroti porrotari porrotei
genitive porroten porrotaren porroten
comitative porrotekin porrotarekin porrotekin
causative porrotengatik porrotarengatik porrotengatik
benefactive porrotentzat porrotarentzat porrotentzat
instrumental porrotez porrotaz porrotez
inessive porrotetan porrotean porrotetan
locative porrotetako porroteko porrotetako
allative porrotetara porrotera porrotetara
terminative porrotetaraino porroteraino porrotetaraino
directive porrotetarantz porroterantz porrotetarantz
destinative porrotetarako porroterako porrotetarako
ablative porrotetatik porrotetik porrotetatik
partitive porrotik
prolative porrot-tzat

Derived terms

Further reading

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