abadegai

Basque

Etymology

From abade (“abbot”) +‎ -gai (“candidate, aspirant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abadeɡai̯/ [a.β̞a.ð̞e.ɣ̞ai̯]

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• Rhymes: -eɡai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de‧gai

Noun

abadegai anim

1. (Biscayan) seminarist

   Synonyms: apaizgai, abadeki

Declension

Declension of abadegai (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abadegai	abadegaia	abadegaiak
ergative	abadegaik	abadegaiak	abadegaiek
dative	abadegairi	abadegaiari	abadegaiei
genitive	abadegairen	abadegaiaren	abadegaien
comitative	abadegairekin	abadegaiarekin	abadegaiekin
causative	abadegairengatik	abadegaiarengatik	abadegaiengatik
benefactive	abadegairentzat	abadegaiarentzat	abadegaientzat
instrumental	abadegaiz	abadegaiaz	abadegaiez
inessive	abadegairengan	abadegaiarengan	abadegaiengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	abadegairengana	abadegaiarengana	abadegaiengana
terminative	abadegairenganaino	abadegaiarenganaino	abadegaienganaino
directive	abadegairenganantz	abadegaiarenganantz	abadegaienganantz
destinative	abadegairenganako	abadegaiarenganako	abadegaienganako
ablative	abadegairengandik	abadegaiarengandik	abadegaiengandik
partitive	abadegairik	—	—
prolative	abadegaitzat	—	—

Further reading

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