abantaila

Basque

Etymology

From French avantage or Spanish ventaja.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abantai̯la/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪ai̯.la]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abantaʎa/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪a.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -ai̯la, -a
• Rhymes: -aʎa, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧tai‧la

Noun

abantaila inan

1. advantage

Declension

Declension of abantaila (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abantaila	abantaila	abantailak
ergative	abantailak	abantailak	abantailek
dative	abantailari	abantailari	abantailei
genitive	abantailaren	abantailaren	abantailen
comitative	abantailarekin	abantailarekin	abantailekin
causative	abantailarengatik	abantailarengatik	abantailengatik
benefactive	abantailarentzat	abantailarentzat	abantailentzat
instrumental	abantailaz	abantailaz	abantailez
inessive	abantailatan	abantailan	abantailetan
locative	abantailatako	abantailako	abantailetako
allative	abantailatara	abantailara	abantailetara
terminative	abantailataraino	abantailaraino	abantailetaraino
directive	abantailatarantz	abantailarantz	abantailetarantz
destinative	abantailatarako	abantailarako	abantailetarako
ablative	abantailatatik	abantailatik	abantailetatik
partitive	abantailarik	—	—
prolative	abantailatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abantaila eraman (“to surpass”)
• abantailatsu (“advantageous”)
• abantailatu (“to surpass”)
• abantailatuki (“advantageously”)

Related terms

• abantailos (“advantageous”)

Further reading

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