zakur

Basque

Alternative forms

• zakhur (Navarro-Lapurdian)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zakuR (“dog”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻akur/ [s̻a.kur]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻akur/ [s̻a.kur]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺akur/ [s̺a.kur]

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• Rhymes: -akur, -ur
• Hyphenation: za‧kur

Noun

zakur anim

1. hound
2. Navarrese and Navarro-Lapurdian form of txakur (“dog”)

Declension

Declension of zakur (animate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zakur	zakurra	zakurrak
ergative	zakurrek	zakurrak	zakurrek
dative	zakurri	zakurrari	zakurrei
genitive	zakurren	zakurraren	zakurren
comitative	zakurrekin	zakurrarekin	zakurrekin
causative	zakurrengatik	zakurrarengatik	zakurrengatik
benefactive	zakurrentzat	zakurrarentzat	zakurrentzat
instrumental	zakurrez	zakurraz	zakurrez
inessive	zakurrengan	zakurrarengan	zakurrengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	zakurrengana	zakurrarengana	zakurrengana
terminative	zakurrenganaino	zakurrarenganaino	zakurrenganaino
directive	zakurrenganantz	zakurrarenganantz	zakurrenganantz
destinative	zakurrenganako	zakurrarenganako	zakurrenganako
ablative	zakurrengandik	zakurrarengandik	zakurrengandik
partitive	zakurrik	—	—
prolative	zakurtzat	—	—

Derived terms

• txakur (“dog”) (see there for further derivations)
• zakurtzar

Further reading

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