azukre

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Occitan sucre, ultimately from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as̻ukre/ [a.s̻u.kre]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /as̻ukre/ [a.s̻u.kre]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /as̺ukre/ [a.s̺u.kre]

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• Rhymes: -ukre, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧kre

Noun

azukre inan

1. sugar

Declension

Declension of azukre (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	azukre	azukrea	azukreak
ergative	azukrek	azukreak	azukreek
dative	azukreri	azukreari	azukreei
genitive	azukreren	azukrearen	azukreen
comitative	azukrerekin	azukrearekin	azukreekin
causative	azukrerengatik	azukrearengatik	azukreengatik
benefactive	azukrerentzat	azukrearentzat	azukreentzat
instrumental	azukrez	azukreaz	azukreez
inessive	azukretan	azukrean	azukreetan
locative	azukretako	azukreko	azukreetako
allative	azukretara	azukrera	azukreetara
terminative	azukretaraino	azukreraino	azukreetaraino
directive	azukretarantz	azukrerantz	azukreetarantz
destinative	azukretarako	azukrerako	azukreetarako
ablative	azukretatik	azukretik	azukreetatik
partitive	azukrerik	—	—
prolative	azukretzat	—	—

Derived terms

• azukre-beterraba
• azukre-erremolatxa
• azukre-hauts
• azukre-kanabera
• azukre-koxkor
• azukre-mokor
• azukre-ontzi
• azukre-palmondo
• azukre-tontor
• azukredun (“sugared”)
• azukregintza
• azukretsu (“sugary”)
• azukreztatu (“to sugar”)

Further reading

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