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zapaldu

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Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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zapaldu (comparative zapalduago, superlative zapalduen, excessive zapalduegi)

  1. oppressed
    Zapalduon oihua.
    The cry of the oppressed.
  2. crushed

Declension

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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
inan zapaldutan zapalduan zapalduetan
locative anim — — —
inan zapaldutako zapalduko zapalduetako
allative anim zapaldurengana zapalduarengana zapalduengana
inan zapaldutara zapaldura zapalduetara
terminative anim zapaldurenganaino zapalduarenganaino zapalduenganaino
inan zapaldutaraino zapalduraino zapalduetaraino
directive anim zapaldurenganantz zapalduarenganantz zapalduenganantz
inan zapaldutarantz zapaldurantz zapalduetarantz
destinative anim zapaldurenganako zapalduarenganako zapalduenganako
inan zapaldutarako zapaldurako zapalduetarako
ablative anim zapaldurengandik zapalduarengandik zapalduengandik
inan zapaldutatik zapaldutik zapalduetatik
partitive zapaldurik — —
prolative zapaldutzat — —

Verb

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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

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Further reading

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