artile

Basque

artilea

Etymology

From art- (compound form of ardi (“sheep”)) +‎ ile (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /artile/ [ar.t̪i.le]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /artiʎe/ [ar.t̪i.ʎe]

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• Rhymes: -ile, -e
• Rhymes: -iʎe, -e
• Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧le

Noun

artile inan

1. wool

Declension

Declension of artile (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	artile	artilea	artileak
ergative	artilek	artileak	artileek
dative	artileri	artileari	artileei
genitive	artileren	artilearen	artileen
comitative	artilerekin	artilearekin	artileekin
causative	artilerengatik	artilearengatik	artileengatik
benefactive	artilerentzat	artilearentzat	artileentzat
instrumental	artilez	artileaz	artileez
inessive	artiletan	artilean	artileetan
locative	artiletako	artileko	artileetako
allative	artiletara	artilera	artileetara
terminative	artiletaraino	artileraino	artileetaraino
directive	artiletarantz	artilerantz	artileetarantz
destinative	artiletarako	artilerako	artileetarako
ablative	artiletatik	artiletik	artileetatik
partitive	artilerik	—	—
prolative	artiletzat	—	—

Further reading

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