zapaldu

Basque

Etymology

zapal (“squashed, flattened”) +‎ -du (“verb forming suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̻apaldu/, [s̻a.pal̪.d̪u]

Adjective

zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)

1. oppressed

   Zapalduon oihua.

   The cry of the oppressed.

2. crushed

Declension

Declension of zapaldu (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		zapaldu	zapaldua	zapalduak
ergative		zapalduk	zapalduak	zapalduek
dative		zapalduri	zapalduari	zapalduei
genitive		zapalduren	zapalduaren	zapalduen
comitative		zapaldurekin	zapalduarekin	zapalduekin
causative		zapaldurengatik	zapalduarengatik	zapalduengatik
benefactive		zapaldurentzat	zapalduarentzat	zapalduentzat
instrumental		zapalduz	zapalduaz	zapalduez
inessive	anim.	zapaldurengan	zapalduarengan	zapalduengan
	inanim.	zapaldutan	zapalduan	zapalduetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	zapaldutako	zapalduko	zapalduetako
allative	anim.	zapaldurengana	zapalduarengana	zapalduengana
	inanim.	zapaldutara	zapaldura	zapalduetara
terminative	anim.	zapaldurenganaino	zapalduarenganaino	zapalduenganaino
	inanim.	zapaldutaraino	zapalduraino	zapalduetaraino
directive	anim.	zapaldurenganantz	zapalduarenganantz	zapalduenganantz
	inanim.	zapaldutarantz	zapaldurantz	zapalduetarantz
destinative	anim.	zapaldurenganako	zapalduarenganako	zapalduenganako
	inanim.	zapaldutarako	zapaldurako	zapalduetarako
ablative	anim.	zapaldurengandik	zapalduarengandik	zapalduengandik
	inanim.	zapaldutatik	zapaldutik	zapalduetatik
partitive		zapaldurik	—	—
prolative		zapaldutzat	—	—

Verb

zapaldu ? (imperfect participle zapaltzen, future participle zapalduko, short form zapal, verbal noun zapaltze)

1. (intransitive) to step
2. (transitive) to step on, to tread on (something)

   Ez egiteko esan nion arren, sugea zapaldu zuen.

   Even do I told her not to, she stepped on the snake.

3. (transitive) to oppress

   Kapitalismoak langileok zapaltzen ditu.

   Capitalism oppresses the workers.

Derived terms

• zapalkeria
• zapalketa
• zapalkuntza
• zapaltzaile

 

Further reading

• “zapaldu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “zapaldu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005