abartsu

Basque

Etymology

From abar (“small branch”) +‎ -tsu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /abart͡s̺u/ [a.β̞ar.t͡s̺u]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /abart͡s̺u/ [a.β̞ar.t͡s̺u]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /abart͡s̻u/ [a.β̞ar.t͡s̻u]

 

• Rhymes: -arts̺u, -u

• Rhymes: -arts̺u, -u
• Rhymes: -arts̻u, -u

• Hyphenation: a‧bar‧tsu

Adjective

abartsu (comparative abartsuago, superlative abartsuen, excessive abartsuegi)

1. leafy

   Synonym: adartsu

Declension

Declension of abartsu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		abartsu	abartsua	abartsuak
ergative		abartsuk	abartsuak	abartsuek
dative		abartsuri	abartsuari	abartsuei
genitive		abartsuren	abartsuaren	abartsuen
comitative		abartsurekin	abartsuarekin	abartsuekin
causative		abartsurengatik	abartsuarengatik	abartsuengatik
benefactive		abartsurentzat	abartsuarentzat	abartsuentzat
instrumental		abartsuz	abartsuaz	abartsuez
inessive	anim	abartsurengan	abartsuarengan	abartsuengan
	inan	abartsutan	abartsuan	abartsuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	abartsutako	abartsuko	abartsuetako
allative	anim	abartsurengana	abartsuarengana	abartsuengana
	inan	abartsutara	abartsura	abartsuetara
terminative	anim	abartsurenganaino	abartsuarenganaino	abartsuenganaino
	inan	abartsutaraino	abartsuraino	abartsuetaraino
directive	anim	abartsurenganantz	abartsuarenganantz	abartsuenganantz
	inan	abartsutarantz	abartsurantz	abartsuetarantz
destinative	anim	abartsurenganako	abartsuarenganako	abartsuenganako
	inan	abartsutarako	abartsurako	abartsuetarako
ablative	anim	abartsurengandik	abartsuarengandik	abartsuengandik
	inan	abartsutatik	abartsutik	abartsuetatik
partitive		abartsurik	—	—
prolative		abartsutzat	—	—

Further reading

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