martopil

Basque

Etymology

Probably from Spanish parto (“birth”) +‎ opil (“roll bread, muffin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /martopil/ [mar.t̪o.pil]
• Rhymes: -opil, -il
• Hyphenation: mar‧to‧pil

Noun

martopil inan

1. (chiefly in the plural) presents given to a mother after giving birth

Declension

Declension of martopil (inanimate, plural only, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	plural
absolutive	martopil	martopilak
ergative	martopilek	martopilek
dative	martopili	martopilei
genitive	martopilen	martopilen
comitative	martopilekin	martopilekin
causative	martopilengatik	martopilengatik
benefactive	martopilentzat	martopilentzat
instrumental	martopilez	martopilez
inessive	martopiletan	martopiletan
locative	martopiletako	martopiletako
allative	martopiletara	martopiletara
terminative	martopiletaraino	martopiletaraino
directive	martopiletarantz	martopiletarantz
destinative	martopiletarako	martopiletarako
ablative	martopiletatik	martopiletatik
partitive	martopilik	—
prolative	martopiltzat	—

Further reading

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