porrot

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /porot/ [po.rot̪]
• Rhymes: -orot
• 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

• porrot egin (“to fail”)

 

Further reading

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