erresuma

Basque

Etymology

From Old Spanish reismo, reysmo, from rey (“king”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /eres̺uma/ [e.re.s̺u.ma]
• Rhymes: -uma, -a
• Hyphenation: e‧rre‧su‧ma

Noun

erresuma inan

1. kingdom
2. realm, country, state

Declension

Declension of erresuma (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	erresuma	erresuma	erresumak
ergative	erresumak	erresumak	erresumek
dative	erresumari	erresumari	erresumei
genitive	erresumaren	erresumaren	erresumen
comitative	erresumarekin	erresumarekin	erresumekin
causative	erresumarengatik	erresumarengatik	erresumengatik
benefactive	erresumarentzat	erresumarentzat	erresumentzat
instrumental	erresumaz	erresumaz	erresumez
inessive	erresumatan	erresuman	erresumetan
locative	erresumatako	erresumako	erresumetako
allative	erresumatara	erresumara	erresumetara
terminative	erresumataraino	erresumaraino	erresumetaraino
directive	erresumatarantz	erresumarantz	erresumetarantz
destinative	erresumatarako	erresumarako	erresumetarako
ablative	erresumatatik	erresumatik	erresumetatik
partitive	erresumarik	—	—
prolative	erresumatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• Erresuma Batua (“United Kingdom”)

Further reading

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