garbigailu

Basque

Etymology

From garbi (“clean”) +‎ gailu (“device, machine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɡarbiɡai̯lu/ [ɡar.β̞i.ɣ̞ai̯.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ɡarbiɡaʎu/ [ɡar.β̞i.ɣ̞a.ʎu]
• Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
• Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
• Hyphenation: gar‧bi‧gai‧lu

Noun

garbigailu inan

1. washing machine

Declension

Declension of garbigailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	garbigailu	garbigailua	garbigailuak
ergative	garbigailuk	garbigailuak	garbigailuek
dative	garbigailuri	garbigailuari	garbigailuei
genitive	garbigailuren	garbigailuaren	garbigailuen
comitative	garbigailurekin	garbigailuarekin	garbigailuekin
causative	garbigailurengatik	garbigailuarengatik	garbigailuengatik
benefactive	garbigailurentzat	garbigailuarentzat	garbigailuentzat
instrumental	garbigailuz	garbigailuaz	garbigailuez
inessive	garbigailutan	garbigailuan	garbigailuetan
locative	garbigailutako	garbigailuko	garbigailuetako
allative	garbigailutara	garbigailura	garbigailuetara
terminative	garbigailutaraino	garbigailuraino	garbigailuetaraino
directive	garbigailutarantz	garbigailurantz	garbigailuetarantz
destinative	garbigailutarako	garbigailurako	garbigailuetarako
ablative	garbigailutatik	garbigailutik	garbigailuetatik
partitive	garbigailurik	—	—
prolative	garbigailutzat	—	—

Synonyms

• ikuzkailu

Further reading

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