agure

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡuɾe/ [a.ɣ̞u.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -uɾe, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧gu‧re

Noun

agure anim

1. old man

Declension

Declension of agure (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	agure	agurea	agureak
ergative	agurek	agureak	agureek
dative	agureri	agureari	agureei
genitive	agureren	agurearen	agureen
comitative	agurerekin	agurearekin	agureekin
causative	agurerengatik	agurearengatik	agureengatik
benefactive	agurerentzat	agurearentzat	agureentzat
instrumental	agurez	agureaz	agureez
inessive	agurerengan	agurearengan	agureengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	agurerengana	agurearengana	agureengana
terminative	agurerenganaino	agurearenganaino	agureenganaino
directive	agurerenganantz	agurearenganantz	agureenganantz
destinative	agurerenganako	agurearenganako	agureenganako
ablative	agurerengandik	agurearengandik	agureengandik
partitive	agurerik	—	—
prolative	aguretzat	—	—

Derived terms

• aguretasun (“old age”)
• aguretu (“to get old”)
• aguretxo

Further reading

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

Laz

Adverb

agure

1. Latin spelling of აგურე (agure)