gerezi

Basque

Etymology

From Late Latin ceresiam (accusative singular of ceresia), from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɾes̻i/ [ɡe.ɾe.s̻i]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /ɡeɾes̻i/ [ɡe.ɾe.s̻i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ɡeɾes̺i/ [ɡe.ɾe.s̺i]

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• Rhymes: -es̻i, -i

• Rhymes: -es̻i, -i
• Rhymes: -es̺i, -i

• Hyphenation: ge‧re‧zi

Noun

gerezi inan

1. cherry

Declension

Declension of gerezi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gerezi	gerezia	gereziak
ergative	gerezik	gereziak	gereziek
dative	gereziri	gereziari	gereziei
genitive	gereziren	gereziaren	gerezien
comitative	gerezirekin	gereziarekin	gereziekin
causative	gerezirengatik	gereziarengatik	gereziengatik
benefactive	gerezirentzat	gereziarentzat	gerezientzat
instrumental	gereziz	gereziaz	gereziez
inessive	gerezitan	gerezian	gerezietan
locative	gerezitako	gereziko	gerezietako
allative	gerezitara	gerezira	gerezietara
terminative	gerezitaraino	gereziraino	gerezietaraino
directive	gerezitarantz	gerezirantz	gerezietarantz
destinative	gerezitarako	gerezirako	gerezietarako
ablative	gerezitatik	gerezitik	gerezietatik
partitive	gerezirik	—	—
prolative	gerezitzat	—	—

Further reading

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