nerabe

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɾabe/ [ne.ɾa.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -abe, -e
• Hyphenation: ne‧ra‧be

Noun

nerabe anim

1. teenager, adolescent

Declension

Declension of nerabe (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	nerabe	nerabea	nerabeak
ergative	nerabek	nerabeak	nerabeek
dative	neraberi	nerabeari	nerabeei
genitive	neraberen	nerabearen	nerabeen
comitative	neraberekin	nerabearekin	nerabeekin
causative	neraberengatik	nerabearengatik	nerabeengatik
benefactive	neraberentzat	nerabearentzat	nerabeentzat
instrumental	nerabez	nerabeaz	nerabeez
inessive	neraberengan	nerabearengan	nerabeengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	neraberengana	nerabearengana	nerabeengana
terminative	neraberenganaino	nerabearenganaino	nerabeenganaino
directive	neraberenganantz	nerabearenganantz	nerabeenganantz
destinative	neraberenganako	nerabearenganako	nerabeenganako
ablative	neraberengandik	nerabearengandik	nerabeengandik
partitive	neraberik	—	—
prolative	nerabetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• nerabetasun (“adolescence”)
• nerabezaro (“adolescence”)

Adjective

nerabe (not comparable)

1. teenage, adolescent

Declension

Declension of nerabe (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		nerabe	nerabea	nerabeak
ergative		nerabek	nerabeak	nerabeek
dative		neraberi	nerabeari	nerabeei
genitive		neraberen	nerabearen	nerabeen
comitative		neraberekin	nerabearekin	nerabeekin
causative		neraberengatik	nerabearengatik	nerabeengatik
benefactive		neraberentzat	nerabearentzat	nerabeentzat
instrumental		nerabez	nerabeaz	nerabeez
inessive	anim	neraberengan	nerabearengan	nerabeengan
	inan	nerabetan	nerabean	nerabeetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	nerabetako	nerabeko	nerabeetako
allative	anim	neraberengana	nerabearengana	nerabeengana
	inan	nerabetara	nerabera	nerabeetara
terminative	anim	neraberenganaino	nerabearenganaino	nerabeenganaino
	inan	nerabetaraino	neraberaino	nerabeetaraino
directive	anim	neraberenganantz	nerabearenganantz	nerabeenganantz
	inan	nerabetarantz	neraberantz	nerabeetarantz
destinative	anim	neraberenganako	nerabearenganako	nerabeenganako
	inan	nerabetarako	neraberako	nerabeetarako
ablative	anim	neraberengandik	nerabearengandik	nerabeengandik
	inan	nerabetatik	nerabetik	nerabeetatik
partitive		neraberik	—	—
prolative		nerabetzat	—	—

Further reading

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