hamabost

Basque

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Cardinal: hamabost     Ordinal: hamabosgarren     Fractional: hamabosten

Alternative forms

• hamabortz

Etymology

From hamar (“ten”) +‎ bost (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amabos̺t/, [a.ma.β̞o̞s̺t̪]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hamabos̺t/, [ɦa.ma.β̞o̞s̺t̪]

• Audio:

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Numeral

hamabost

1. fifteen

Declension

Declension of hamabost (numeral, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hamabost	hamabosta	hamabostak
ergative		hamabostek	hamabostak	hamabostek
dative		hamabosti	hamabostari	hamabostei
genitive		hamabosten	hamabostaren	hamabosten
comitative		hamabostekin	hamabostarekin	hamabostekin
causative		hamabostengatik	hamabostarengatik	hamabostengatik
benefactive		hamabostentzat	hamabostarentzat	hamabostentzat
instrumental		hamabostez	hamabostaz	hamabostez
inessive	anim	hamabostengan	hamabostarengan	hamabostengan
	inan	hamabostetan	hamabostean	hamabostetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	hamabostetako	hamabosteko	hamabostetako
allative	anim	hamabostengana	hamabostarengana	hamabostengana
	inan	hamabostetara	hamabostera	hamabostetara
terminative	anim	hamabostenganaino	hamabostarenganaino	hamabostenganaino
	inan	hamabostetaraino	hamabosteraino	hamabostetaraino
directive	anim	hamabostenganantz	hamabostarenganantz	hamabostenganantz
	inan	hamabostetarantz	hamabosterantz	hamabostetarantz
destinative	anim	hamabostenganako	hamabostarenganako	hamabostenganako
	inan	hamabostetarako	hamabosterako	hamabostetarako
ablative	anim	hamabostengandik	hamabostarengandik	hamabostengandik
	inan	hamabostetatik	hamabostetik	hamabostetatik
partitive		hamabostik	—	—
prolative		hamabost-tzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hamabost (“fifty-five”)
• hamabosgarren (“fifteenth”)
• hamaboskari (“biweekly periodical”)
• hamabosna (“fifteen each”)
• hamabosnaka (“in groups of fifteen”)
• hamabostaldi (“a period of two weeks”)
• hamabostean behin (“biweekly”)
• hamabostero (“biweekly”)
• hamabosteroko
• hirurogeita hamabost (“seventy-five”)
• hogeita hamabost (“thirty-five”)
• laurogeita hamabost (“ninety-five”)

Further reading

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