zilargin

Basque

Etymology

From zilar (“silver”) +‎ -gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻ilarɡin/ [s̻i.lar.ɣ̞ĩn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻iʎarɡin/ [s̻i.ʎar.ɣ̞ĩn]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻iʎarɡin/ [s̻i.ʎar.ɣ̞ĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺iʎarɡin/ [s̺i.ʎar.ɣ̞ĩn]

• Rhymes: -arɡin, -in
• Hyphenation: zi‧lar‧gin

Noun

zilargin anim

1. silversmith

   Synonym: zilargile

Declension

Declension of zilargin (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zilargin	zilargina	zilarginak
ergative	zilarginek	zilarginak	zilarginek
dative	zilargini	zilarginari	zilarginei
genitive	zilarginen	zilarginaren	zilarginen
comitative	zilarginekin	zilarginarekin	zilarginekin
causative	zilarginengatik	zilarginarengatik	zilarginengatik
benefactive	zilarginentzat	zilarginarentzat	zilarginentzat
instrumental	zilarginez	zilarginaz	zilarginez
inessive	zilarginengan	zilarginarengan	zilarginengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	zilarginengana	zilarginarengana	zilarginengana
terminative	zilarginenganaino	zilarginarenganaino	zilarginenganaino
directive	zilarginenganantz	zilarginarenganantz	zilarginenganantz
destinative	zilarginenganako	zilarginarenganako	zilarginenganako
ablative	zilarginengandik	zilarginarengandik	zilarginengandik
partitive	zilarginik	—	—
prolative	zilargintzat	—	—

Further reading

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