zabal

See also: zabál, zábal, and Zabal

Basque

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻abal/ [s̻a.β̞al]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻abal/ [s̻a.β̞al]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺abal/ [s̺a.β̞al]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abal, -al
• Hyphenation: za‧bal

Adjective

zabal (comparative zabalago, superlative zabalen, excessive zabalegi)

1. wide, ample
2. generous

Declension

Declension of zabal (adjective, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		zabal	zabala	zabalak
ergative		zabalek	zabalak	zabalek
dative		zabali	zabalari	zabalei
genitive		zabalen	zabalaren	zabalen
comitative		zabalekin	zabalarekin	zabalekin
causative		zabalengatik	zabalarengatik	zabalengatik
benefactive		zabalentzat	zabalarentzat	zabalentzat
instrumental		zabalez	zabalaz	zabalez
inessive	anim	zabalengan	zabalarengan	zabalengan
	inan	zabaletan	zabalean	zabaletan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	zabaletako	zabaleko	zabaletako
allative	anim	zabalengana	zabalarengana	zabalengana
	inan	zabaletara	zabalera	zabaletara
terminative	anim	zabalenganaino	zabalarenganaino	zabalenganaino
	inan	zabaletaraino	zabaleraino	zabaletaraino
directive	anim	zabalenganantz	zabalarenganantz	zabalenganantz
	inan	zabaletarantz	zabalerantz	zabaletarantz
destinative	anim	zabalenganako	zabalarenganako	zabalenganako
	inan	zabaletarako	zabalerako	zabaletarako
ablative	anim	zabalengandik	zabalarengandik	zabalengandik
	inan	zabaletatik	zabaletik	zabaletatik
partitive		zabalik	—	—
prolative		zabaltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zabaldu (“widen”)
• zabaltasun (“width”)

Further reading

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