guraize

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡuɾai̯s̻e/ [ɡu.ɾai̯.s̻e]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /ɡuɾai̯s̻e/ [ɡu.ɾai̯.s̻e]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ɡuɾai̯s̺e/ [ɡu.ɾai̯.s̺e]

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• Rhymes: -ai̯s̻e, -e

• Rhymes: -ai̯s̻e, -e
• Rhymes: -ai̯s̺e, -e

• Hyphenation: gu‧rai‧ze

Noun

guraize inan

1. scissors

   Synonyms: aiztur, artazi

Declension

Declension of guraize (inanimate, plural only, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	plural
absolutive	guraize	guraizeak
ergative	guraizek	guraizeek
dative	guraizeri	guraizeei
genitive	guraizeren	guraizeen
comitative	guraizerekin	guraizeekin
causative	guraizerengatik	guraizeengatik
benefactive	guraizerentzat	guraizeentzat
instrumental	guraizez	guraizeez
inessive	guraizetan	guraizeetan
locative	guraizetako	guraizeetako
allative	guraizetara	guraizeetara
terminative	guraizetaraino	guraizeetaraino
directive	guraizetarantz	guraizeetarantz
destinative	guraizetarako	guraizeetarako
ablative	guraizetatik	guraizeetatik
partitive	guraizerik	—
prolative	guraizetzat	—

Further reading

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