operatibo

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish operativo (“operating”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opeɾatibo/ [o.pe.ɾa.t̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo, -o
• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra‧ti‧bo

Adjective

operatibo (comparative operatiboago, superlative operatiboen, excessive operatiboegi)

1. operating, in working order

Declension

Declension of operatibo (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		operatibo	operatiboa	operatiboak
ergative		operatibok	operatiboak	operatiboek
dative		operatibori	operatiboari	operatiboei
genitive		operatiboren	operatiboaren	operatiboen
comitative		operatiborekin	operatiboarekin	operatiboekin
causative		operatiborengatik	operatiboarengatik	operatiboengatik
benefactive		operatiborentzat	operatiboarentzat	operatiboentzat
instrumental		operatiboz	operatiboaz	operatiboez
inessive	anim	operatiborengan	operatiboarengan	operatiboengan
	inan	operatibotan	operatiboan	operatiboetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	operatibotako	operatiboko	operatiboetako
allative	anim	operatiborengana	operatiboarengana	operatiboengana
	inan	operatibotara	operatibora	operatiboetara
terminative	anim	operatiborenganaino	operatiboarenganaino	operatiboenganaino
	inan	operatibotaraino	operatiboraino	operatiboetaraino
directive	anim	operatiborenganantz	operatiboarenganantz	operatiboenganantz
	inan	operatibotarantz	operatiborantz	operatiboetarantz
destinative	anim	operatiborenganako	operatiboarenganako	operatiboenganako
	inan	operatibotarako	operatiborako	operatiboetarako
ablative	anim	operatiborengandik	operatiboarengandik	operatiboengandik
	inan	operatibotatik	operatibotik	operatiboetatik
partitive		operatiborik	—	—
prolative		operatibotzat	—	—

Related terms

• operatu (“to operate”)
• operazio (“operation”)

Further reading

• “operatibo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “operatibo” in Labayru Hiztegia