Gernika

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡernika/ [ɡer.ni.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika, -a
• Hyphenation: Ger‧ni‧ka

Proper noun

Gernika inan

1. Guernica (a town in Gernika-Lumo, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Gernika (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Gernika
ergative	Gernikak
dative	Gernikari
genitive	Gernikaren
comitative	Gernikarekin
causative	Gernikarengatik
benefactive	Gernikarentzat
instrumental	Gernikaz
inessive	Gernikan
locative	Gernikako
allative	Gernikara
terminative	Gernikaraino
directive	Gernikarantz
destinative	Gernikarako
ablative	Gernikatik
partitive	Gernikarik
prolative	Gernikatzat

Derived terms

• Gernika-Lumo
• gernikar

Further reading

• “145.- Bizkaiko herri izendegia [Toponymy of the villages of Biscay]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2005