lehendakari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque lehendakari.

Noun

lehendakari (plural lehendakaris)

1. The president of the Basque government.
   • 2009 March 2, Victoria Burnett, “Nationalists in Basque Losing Vote in Assembly”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A vote to choose the new Basque leader, or lehendakari, is expected this week.

Translations

Translations

• Basque: lehendakari
• Spanish: lendakari (es)

Further reading

• lehendakari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Basque

Alternative forms

• lendakari (obsolete)

Etymology

Coined by members of the Basque Nationalist Party, from lehendabizi (“firstly”) +‎ -ari (suffix indicating profession).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehendakaɾi/ [le.hẽn̪.d̪a.ka.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /lendakaɾi/ [lẽn̪.d̪a.ka.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
• Hyphenation: le‧hen‧da‧ka‧ri

Noun

lehendakari anim

1. lehendakari
2. president, prime minister

   Synonym: presidente

Declension

Declension of lehendakari (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lehendakari	lehendakaria	lehendakariak
ergative	lehendakarik	lehendakariak	lehendakariek
dative	lehendakariri	lehendakariari	lehendakariei
genitive	lehendakariren	lehendakariaren	lehendakarien
comitative	lehendakarirekin	lehendakariarekin	lehendakariekin
causative	lehendakarirengatik	lehendakariarengatik	lehendakariengatik
benefactive	lehendakarirentzat	lehendakariarentzat	lehendakarientzat
instrumental	lehendakariz	lehendakariaz	lehendakariez
inessive	lehendakarirengan	lehendakariarengan	lehendakariengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	lehendakarirengana	lehendakariarengana	lehendakariengana
terminative	lehendakarirenganaino	lehendakariarenganaino	lehendakarienganaino
directive	lehendakarirenganantz	lehendakariarenganantz	lehendakarienganantz
destinative	lehendakarirenganako	lehendakariarenganako	lehendakarienganako
ablative	lehendakarirengandik	lehendakariarengandik	lehendakariengandik
partitive	lehendakaririk	—	—
prolative	lehendakaritzat	—	—

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Basque lehendakari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leendaˈkaɾi/ [le.ẽn̪.d̪aˈka.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: le‧hen‧da‧ka‧ri

Noun

lehendakari m or f by sense (plural lehendakaris)

1. Synonym of lendakari