abantailos

Basque

Etymology

From French avantageux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abantai̯los̺/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪ai̯.los̺]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abantaʎos̺/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪a.ʎos̺]
• Rhymes: -ai̯los̺, -os̺
• Rhymes: -aʎos̺, -os̺
• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧tai‧los

Adjective

abantailos (comparative abantailosago, superlative abantailosen, excessive abantailosegi)

1. (Northern) advantageous

   Synonym: abantailatsu

Declension

Declension of abantailos (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		abantailos	abantailosa	abantailosak
ergative		abantailosek	abantailosak	abantailosek
dative		abantailosi	abantailosari	abantailosei
genitive		abantailosen	abantailosaren	abantailosen
comitative		abantailosekin	abantailosarekin	abantailosekin
causative		abantailosengatik	abantailosarengatik	abantailosengatik
benefactive		abantailosentzat	abantailosarentzat	abantailosentzat
instrumental		abantailosez	abantailosaz	abantailosez
inessive	anim	abantailosengan	abantailosarengan	abantailosengan
	inan	abantailosetan	abantailosean	abantailosetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	abantailosetako	abantailoseko	abantailosetako
allative	anim	abantailosengana	abantailosarengana	abantailosengana
	inan	abantailosetara	abantailosera	abantailosetara
terminative	anim	abantailosenganaino	abantailosarenganaino	abantailosenganaino
	inan	abantailosetaraino	abantailoseraino	abantailosetaraino
directive	anim	abantailosenganantz	abantailosarenganantz	abantailosenganantz
	inan	abantailosetarantz	abantailoserantz	abantailosetarantz
destinative	anim	abantailosenganako	abantailosarenganako	abantailosenganako
	inan	abantailosetarako	abantailoserako	abantailosetarako
ablative	anim	abantailosengandik	abantailosarengandik	abantailosengandik
	inan	abantailosetatik	abantailosetik	abantailosetatik
partitive		abantailosik	—	—
prolative		abantailostzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abantailoski (“advantageously”)

Related terms

• abantaila (“advantage”)

Further reading

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