abere xehe

Basque

Etymology

From abere (“cattle, livestock”) +‎ xehe (“minute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abeɾe ʃehe/ [a.β̞e.ɾe ʃe.he]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abeɾe ʃe/ [a.β̞e.ɾe ʃe]
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧re xe‧he

Noun

abere xehe anim

1. small cattle (such as sheep and goats)

   Antonym: abere larri

Declension

Declension of abere xehe (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abere xehe	abere xehea	abere xeheak
ergative	abere xehek	abere xeheak	abere xeheek
dative	abere xeheri	abere xeheari	abere xeheei
genitive	abere xeheren	abere xehearen	abere xeheen
comitative	abere xeherekin	abere xehearekin	abere xeheekin
causative	abere xeherengatik	abere xehearengatik	abere xeheengatik
benefactive	abere xeherentzat	abere xehearentzat	abere xeheentzat
instrumental	abere xehez	abere xeheaz	abere xeheez
inessive	abere xeherengan	abere xehearengan	abere xeheengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	abere xeherengana	abere xehearengana	abere xeheengana
terminative	abere xeherenganaino	abere xehearenganaino	abere xeheenganaino
directive	abere xeherenganantz	abere xehearenganantz	abere xeheenganantz
destinative	abere xeherenganako	abere xehearenganako	abere xeheenganako
ablative	abere xeherengandik	abere xehearengandik	abere xeheengandik
partitive	abere xeherik	—	—
prolative	abere xehetzat	—	—

Further reading

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