zakur
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *zakuR (“dog”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -akur, -ur
- Hyphenation: za‧kur
Noun
zakur anim
- hound
- Upper Navarre and Navarro-Lapurdian form of txakur (“dog”)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | zakur | zakurra | zakurrak |
| ergative | zakurrek | zakurrak | zakurrek |
| dative | zakurri | zakurrari | zakurrei |
| genitive | zakurren | zakurraren | zakurren |
| comitative | zakurrekin | zakurrarekin | zakurrekin |
| causative | zakurrengatik | zakurrarengatik | zakurrengatik |
| benefactive | zakurrentzat | zakurrarentzat | zakurrentzat |
| instrumental | zakurrez | zakurraz | zakurrez |
| inessive | zakurrengan | zakurrarengan | zakurrengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | zakurrengana | zakurrarengana | zakurrengana |
| terminative | zakurrenganaino | zakurrarenganaino | zakurrenganaino |
| directive | zakurrenganantz | zakurrarenganantz | zakurrenganantz |
| destinative | zakurrenganako | zakurrarenganako | zakurrenganako |
| ablative | zakurrengandik | zakurrarengandik | zakurrengandik |
| partitive | zakurrik | — | — |
| prolative | zakurtzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- txakur (“dog”) (see there for further derivations)
- zakurtzar
Further reading
- “zakur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “zakur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005