adelu

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adelu/ [a.ð̞e.lu]
• Rhymes: -elu, -u
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧lu

Noun

adelu inan

1. (Souletin) preparation
2. (rare) decoration, ornament
3. (rare) first use of something, a first

Declension

Declension of adelu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	adelu	adelua	adeluak
ergative	adeluk	adeluak	adeluek
dative	adeluri	adeluari	adeluei
genitive	adeluren	adeluaren	adeluen
comitative	adelurekin	adeluarekin	adeluekin
causative	adelurengatik	adeluarengatik	adeluengatik
benefactive	adelurentzat	adeluarentzat	adeluentzat
instrumental	adeluz	adeluaz	adeluez
inessive	adelutan	adeluan	adeluetan
locative	adelutako	adeluko	adeluetako
allative	adelutara	adelura	adeluetara
terminative	adelutaraino	adeluraino	adeluetaraino
directive	adelutarantz	adelurantz	adeluetarantz
destinative	adelutarako	adelurako	adeluetarako
ablative	adelutatik	adelutik	adeluetatik
partitive	adelurik	—	—
prolative	adelutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• adelatu (“to prepare”) (see there for further derivations)

Further reading

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