akelarre

Basque

Etymology

From aker (“he-goat”) +‎ larre (“meadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akelare/ [a.ke.la.re]

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• Rhymes: -are, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧ke‧la‧rre

Noun

akelarre inan

1. a nocturnal group of witches and the devil; a coven
2. a Basque celebration of witches
3. a noisy gathering

Declension

Declension of akelarre (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	akelarre	akelarrea	akelarreak
ergative	akelarrek	akelarreak	akelarreek
dative	akelarreri	akelarreari	akelarreei
genitive	akelarreren	akelarrearen	akelarreen
comitative	akelarrerekin	akelarrearekin	akelarreekin
causative	akelarrerengatik	akelarrearengatik	akelarreengatik
benefactive	akelarrerentzat	akelarrearentzat	akelarreentzat
instrumental	akelarrez	akelarreaz	akelarreez
inessive	akelarretan	akelarrean	akelarreetan
locative	akelarretako	akelarreko	akelarreetako
allative	akelarretara	akelarrera	akelarreetara
terminative	akelarretaraino	akelarreraino	akelarreetaraino
directive	akelarretarantz	akelarrerantz	akelarreetarantz
destinative	akelarretarako	akelarrerako	akelarreetarako
ablative	akelarretatik	akelarretik	akelarreetatik
partitive	akelarrerik	—	—
prolative	akelarretzat	—	—

Descendants

• → Spanish: aquelarre

Further reading

• “akelarre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Spanish

Noun

akelarre m (plural akelarres)

1. Alternative spelling of aquelarre