garizuma

See also: Garizuma

Basque

Alternative forms

• Garizuma

Etymology

From a reflex of Basque: *quaresima, from Latin quadrāgēsima (“the fortieth part; Lent”), substantive of quadrāgēsimus (“fortieth”). Compare Spanish Cuaresma, Portuguese quaresma, French carême and Galician coresma.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾis̻uma/ [ɡa.ɾi.s̻u.ma]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /ɡaɾis̻uma/ [ɡa.ɾi.s̻u.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ɡaɾis̺uma/ [ɡa.ɾi.s̺u.ma]

• Rhymes: -uma, -a
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri‧zu‧ma

Noun

garizuma inan

1. Lent

Declension

Declension of garizuma (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	garizuma	garizuma
ergative	—	garizumak
dative	—	garizumari
genitive	—	garizumaren
comitative	—	garizumarekin
causative	—	garizumarengatik
benefactive	—	garizumarentzat
instrumental	garizumaz	garizumaz
inessive	—	garizuman
locative	—	—
allative	—	—
terminative	—	—
directive	—	—
destinative	—	—
ablative	—	—
partitive	garizumarik	—
prolative	garizumatzat	—

Further reading

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