opagai

Basque

Etymology

From opa (“offering”) +‎ gai (“matter, substance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opaɡai̯/ [o.pa.ɣ̞ai̯]
• Rhymes: -aɡai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: o‧pa‧gai

Noun

opagai inan

1. (religion) offering

   Synonyms: biktima, oparigai, eskainigai, oparigintza

Declension

Declension of opagai (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	opagai	opagaia	opagaiak
ergative	opagaik	opagaiak	opagaiek
dative	opagairi	opagaiari	opagaiei
genitive	opagairen	opagaiaren	opagaien
comitative	opagairekin	opagaiarekin	opagaiekin
causative	opagairengatik	opagaiarengatik	opagaiengatik
benefactive	opagairentzat	opagaiarentzat	opagaientzat
instrumental	opagaiz	opagaiaz	opagaiez
inessive	opagaitan	opagaian	opagaietan
locative	opagaitako	opagaiko	opagaietako
allative	opagaitara	opagaira	opagaietara
terminative	opagaitaraino	opagairaino	opagaietaraino
directive	opagaitarantz	opagairantz	opagaietarantz
destinative	opagaitarako	opagairako	opagaietarako
ablative	opagaitatik	opagaitik	opagaietatik
partitive	opagairik	—	—
prolative	opagaitzat	—	—

Further reading

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