lorategi

Basque

Etymology

From lora- (combining form of lore (“flower”)) +‎ -tegi (“place”). The "anthology" sense is a semantic loan from Spanish florilegio.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /loɾateɡi/ [lo.ɾa.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
• Rhymes: -eɡi, -i
• Hyphenation: lo‧ra‧te‧gi

Noun

lorategi inan

1. garden
2. anthology

Declension

Declension of lorategi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	lorategi	lorategia	lorategiak
ergative	lorategik	lorategiak	lorategiek
dative	lorategiri	lorategiari	lorategiei
genitive	lorategiren	lorategiaren	lorategien
comitative	lorategirekin	lorategiarekin	lorategiekin
causative	lorategirengatik	lorategiarengatik	lorategiengatik
benefactive	lorategirentzat	lorategiarentzat	lorategientzat
instrumental	lorategiz	lorategiaz	lorategiez
inessive	lorategitan	lorategian	lorategietan
locative	lorategitako	lorategiko	lorategietako
allative	lorategitara	lorategira	lorategietara
terminative	lorategitaraino	lorategiraino	lorategietaraino
directive	lorategitarantz	lorategirantz	lorategietarantz
destinative	lorategitarako	lorategirako	lorategietarako
ablative	lorategitatik	lorategitik	lorategietatik
partitive	lorategirik	—	—
prolative	lorategitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• lorategi botaniko (“botanic garden”)
• lorategi-hiri (“garden city”)

Further reading

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