maitemin

Basque

Etymology

Compound of maite (“love”) +‎ min (“pain, longing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯temin/ [mai̯.t̪e.mĩn]
• Rhymes: -emin, -in
• Hyphenation: mai‧te‧min

Noun

maitemin inan

1. infatuation

Declension

Declension of maitemin (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	maitemin	maitemina	maiteminak
ergative	maiteminek	maiteminak	maiteminek
dative	maitemini	maiteminari	maiteminei
genitive	maiteminen	maiteminaren	maiteminen
comitative	maiteminekin	maiteminarekin	maiteminekin
causative	maiteminengatik	maiteminarengatik	maiteminengatik
benefactive	maiteminentzat	maiteminarentzat	maiteminentzat
instrumental	maiteminez	maiteminaz	maiteminez
inessive	maiteminetan	maiteminean	maiteminetan
locative	maiteminetako	maitemineko	maiteminetako
allative	maiteminetara	maiteminera	maiteminetara
terminative	maiteminetaraino	maitemineraino	maiteminetaraino
directive	maiteminetarantz	maiteminerantz	maiteminetarantz
destinative	maiteminetarako	maiteminerako	maiteminetarako
ablative	maiteminetatik	maiteminetik	maiteminetatik
partitive	maiteminik	—	—
prolative	maitemintzat	—	—

Derived terms

• maitemindu (“to fall in love”)

Further reading

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