zarata

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻aɾata/ [s̻a.ɾa.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻aɾata/ [s̻a.ɾa.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺aɾata/ [s̺a.ɾa.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -ata, -a
• Hyphenation: za‧ra‧ta

Noun

zarata inan

1. noise

Declension

Declension of zarata (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zarata	zarata	zaratak
ergative	zaratak	zaratak	zaratek
dative	zaratari	zaratari	zaratei
genitive	zarataren	zarataren	zaraten
comitative	zaratarekin	zaratarekin	zaratekin
causative	zaratarengatik	zaratarengatik	zaratengatik
benefactive	zaratarentzat	zaratarentzat	zaratentzat
instrumental	zarataz	zarataz	zaratez
inessive	zaratatan	zaratan	zaratetan
locative	zaratatako	zaratako	zaratetako
allative	zaratatara	zaratara	zaratetara
terminative	zaratataraino	zarataraino	zaratetaraino
directive	zaratatarantz	zaratarantz	zaratetarantz
destinative	zaratatarako	zaratarako	zaratetarako
ablative	zaratatatik	zaratatik	zaratetatik
partitive	zaratarik	—	—
prolative	zaratatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zarata atera
• zarata batean
• zarata bizian
• zarata egin
• zarataka
• zaratatsu (“noisy”)
• zarataz

Further reading

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