adimentsu

Basque

Etymology

From adimen (“intelligence”) +‎ -tsu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /adiment͡s̺u/ [a.ð̞i.mẽn.t͡s̺u]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /adiment͡s̺u/ [a.ð̞i.mẽn.t͡s̺u]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /adiment͡s̻u/ [a.ð̞i.mẽn.t͡s̻u]

 

• Rhymes: -ents̺u, -u

• Rhymes: -ents̺u, -u
• Rhymes: -ents̻u, -u

• Hyphenation: a‧di‧men‧tsu

Adjective

adimentsu (comparative adimentsuago, superlative adimentsuen, excessive adimentsuegi)

1. intelligent

Declension

Declension of adimentsu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		adimentsu	adimentsua	adimentsuak
ergative		adimentsuk	adimentsuak	adimentsuek
dative		adimentsuri	adimentsuari	adimentsuei
genitive		adimentsuren	adimentsuaren	adimentsuen
comitative		adimentsurekin	adimentsuarekin	adimentsuekin
causative		adimentsurengatik	adimentsuarengatik	adimentsuengatik
benefactive		adimentsurentzat	adimentsuarentzat	adimentsuentzat
instrumental		adimentsuz	adimentsuaz	adimentsuez
inessive	anim	adimentsurengan	adimentsuarengan	adimentsuengan
	inan	adimentsutan	adimentsuan	adimentsuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	adimentsutako	adimentsuko	adimentsuetako
allative	anim	adimentsurengana	adimentsuarengana	adimentsuengana
	inan	adimentsutara	adimentsura	adimentsuetara
terminative	anim	adimentsurenganaino	adimentsuarenganaino	adimentsuenganaino
	inan	adimentsutaraino	adimentsuraino	adimentsuetaraino
directive	anim	adimentsurenganantz	adimentsuarenganantz	adimentsuenganantz
	inan	adimentsutarantz	adimentsurantz	adimentsuetarantz
destinative	anim	adimentsurenganako	adimentsuarenganako	adimentsuenganako
	inan	adimentsutarako	adimentsurako	adimentsuetarako
ablative	anim	adimentsurengandik	adimentsuarengandik	adimentsuengandik
	inan	adimentsutatik	adimentsutik	adimentsuetatik
partitive		adimentsurik	—	—
prolative		adimentsutzat	—	—

Further reading

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