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adiakari

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Basque

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Etymology

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From adia (lament) +‎ -kari.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /adiakaɾi/ [a.ð̞i.a.ka.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧di‧a‧ka‧ri

Noun

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adiakari anim

  1. weeper (particularly a hired mourner)
    Synonyms: adiagile, erostari
    • 1913, Marcel Proust, translated by Joxe Austin Arrieta, Swann-etik [Swann's Way] (Denbora galduaren bila [In Search of Lost Time])‎[1], Alberdania-Elkar, published 2010, →ISBN:
      Txori bat ote, perpaus txikiaren arima oraino osagabea ote, lamina bat ote, izaki ikusezin eta adiakari hori, zeinaren pleinua segidan errepikatzen baitzuen pianoak samurki?
      Was it a bird, was it the soul, as yet not fully formed, of the little phrase, was it a fairy—that being invisibly lamenting, whose plaint the piano heard and tenderly repeated?
  2. Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
    Synonym: apo-hontz
    • 2012, J.M. Olaizola "Txiliku", Piztiarioak[2], Elkar, →ISBN:
      Adiakaria izenekoa ere askotan aipatu ohi da, eta hontzaren edo urubiaren antzeko animalia bat dela uste da.
      The so-called weeper is often mentioned too, and it is thought to be an animal similar to barn owls or wood owls.

Declension

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Declension of adiakari (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive adiakari adiakaria adiakariak
ergative adiakarik adiakariak adiakariek
dative adiakariri adiakariari adiakariei
genitive adiakariren adiakariaren adiakarien
comitative adiakarirekin adiakariarekin adiakariekin
causative adiakarirengatik adiakariarengatik adiakariengatik
benefactive adiakarirentzat adiakariarentzat adiakarientzat
instrumental adiakariz adiakariaz adiakariez
inessive adiakarirengan adiakariarengan adiakariengan
locative
allative adiakarirengana adiakariarengana adiakariengana
terminative adiakarirenganaino adiakariarenganaino adiakarienganaino
directive adiakarirenganantz adiakariarenganantz adiakarienganantz
destinative adiakarirenganako adiakariarenganako adiakarienganako
ablative adiakarirengandik adiakariarengandik adiakariengandik
partitive adiakaririk
prolative adiakaritzat

Further reading

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