gertu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin certum (“certain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡertu/ [ɡer.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ertu, -u
• Hyphenation: ger‧tu

Adjective

gertu (comparative gertuago, superlative gertuen, excessive gertuegi)

1. close, near

Declension

Declension of gertu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		gertu	gertua	gertuak
ergative		gertuk	gertuak	gertuek
dative		gerturi	gertuari	gertuei
genitive		gerturen	gertuaren	gertuen
comitative		gerturekin	gertuarekin	gertuekin
causative		gerturengatik	gertuarengatik	gertuengatik
benefactive		gerturentzat	gertuarentzat	gertuentzat
instrumental		gertuz	gertuaz	gertuez
inessive	anim	gerturengan	gertuarengan	gertuengan
	inan	gertutan	gertuan	gertuetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	gertutako	gertuko	gertuetako
allative	anim	gerturengana	gertuarengana	gertuengana
	inan	gertutara	gertura	gertuetara
terminative	anim	gerturenganaino	gertuarenganaino	gertuenganaino
	inan	gertutaraino	gerturaino	gertuetaraino
directive	anim	gerturenganantz	gertuarenganantz	gertuenganantz
	inan	gertutarantz	gerturantz	gertuetarantz
destinative	anim	gerturenganako	gertuarenganako	gertuenganako
	inan	gertutarako	gerturako	gertuetarako
ablative	anim	gerturengandik	gertuarengandik	gertuengandik
	inan	gertutatik	gertutik	gertuetatik
partitive		gerturik	—	—
prolative		gertutzat	—	—

Adverb

gertu (comparative gertuago, superlative gertuen, excessive gertuegi)

1. ready, prepared

   Synonyms: prest, gerturik

2. close, nearby

   Synonym: hurbil

Further reading

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