jarraitu

Basque

Alternative forms

• jarraiki

Etymology

From jarrai (“continuous”) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟarai̯tu/ [ɟa.rai̯.t̪u]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xarai̯tu/ [xa.rai̯.t̪u]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xarai̯tu/ [xa.rai̯.t̪u]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒarai̯tu/ [d͡ʒa.rai̯.t̪u]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jarai̯tu/ [ja.rai̯.t̪u]

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• Rhymes: -ai̯tu, -u
• Hyphenation: ja‧rrai‧tu

Adjective

jarraitu (comparative jarraituago, superlative jarraituen, excessive jarraituegi)

1. continuous

   Synonyms: etengabe, jarrai, jarraiki

Declension

Declension of jarraitu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		jarraitu	jarraitua	jarraituak
ergative		jarraituk	jarraituak	jarraituek
dative		jarraituri	jarraituari	jarraituei
genitive		jarraituren	jarraituaren	jarraituen
comitative		jarraiturekin	jarraituarekin	jarraituekin
causative		jarraiturengatik	jarraituarengatik	jarraituengatik
benefactive		jarraiturentzat	jarraituarentzat	jarraituentzat
instrumental		jarraituz	jarraituaz	jarraituez
inessive	anim	jarraiturengan	jarraituarengan	jarraituengan
	inan	jarraitutan	jarraituan	jarraituetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	jarraitutako	jarraituko	jarraituetako
allative	anim	jarraiturengana	jarraituarengana	jarraituengana
	inan	jarraitutara	jarraitura	jarraituetara
terminative	anim	jarraiturenganaino	jarraituarenganaino	jarraituenganaino
	inan	jarraitutaraino	jarraituraino	jarraituetaraino
directive	anim	jarraiturenganantz	jarraituarenganantz	jarraituenganantz
	inan	jarraitutarantz	jarraiturantz	jarraituetarantz
destinative	anim	jarraiturenganako	jarraituarenganako	jarraituenganako
	inan	jarraitutarako	jarraiturako	jarraituetarako
ablative	anim	jarraiturengandik	jarraituarengandik	jarraituengandik
	inan	jarraitutatik	jarraitutik	jarraituetatik
partitive		jarraiturik	—	—
prolative		jarraitutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• jarraituki (“continuously”)
• jarraitutasun (“continuity”)

Verb

jarraitu dio (imperfect participle jarraitzen, future participle jarraituko, short form jarrai, verbal noun jarraitze)

1. to follow, to trail
2. to accompany
3. to persecute, to go after

Usage notes

The form jarraiki is more common in eastern dialects. Due to the influence of Spanish, western dialects use transitive auxiliaries (with no direct object), eastern dialects continue to use intransitive auxiliaries. The synthetic forms are used in all dialects, but only intransitively, see jarraiki.

Further reading

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