zorrozkailu

Basque

Etymology

From zorrotz (“sharp”) +‎ gailu (“device, machine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻oros̻kai̯lu/ [s̻o.ros̻.kai̯.lu]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻oros̻kaʎu/ [s̻o.ros̻.ka.ʎu]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻oros̻kaʎu/ [s̻o.ros̻.ka.ʎu]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺oros̺kaʎu/ [s̺o.ros̺.ka.ʎu]

• Rhymes: -ai̯lu, -u
• Rhymes: -aʎu, -u
• Hyphenation: zo‧rroz‧kai‧lu

Noun

zorrozkailu inan

1. pencil sharpener

Declension

Declension of zorrozkailu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zorrozkailu	zorrozkailua	zorrozkailuak
ergative	zorrozkailuk	zorrozkailuak	zorrozkailuek
dative	zorrozkailuri	zorrozkailuari	zorrozkailuei
genitive	zorrozkailuren	zorrozkailuaren	zorrozkailuen
comitative	zorrozkailurekin	zorrozkailuarekin	zorrozkailuekin
causative	zorrozkailurengatik	zorrozkailuarengatik	zorrozkailuengatik
benefactive	zorrozkailurentzat	zorrozkailuarentzat	zorrozkailuentzat
instrumental	zorrozkailuz	zorrozkailuaz	zorrozkailuez
inessive	zorrozkailutan	zorrozkailuan	zorrozkailuetan
locative	zorrozkailutako	zorrozkailuko	zorrozkailuetako
allative	zorrozkailutara	zorrozkailura	zorrozkailuetara
terminative	zorrozkailutaraino	zorrozkailuraino	zorrozkailuetaraino
directive	zorrozkailutarantz	zorrozkailurantz	zorrozkailuetarantz
destinative	zorrozkailutarako	zorrozkailurako	zorrozkailuetarako
ablative	zorrozkailutatik	zorrozkailutik	zorrozkailuetatik
partitive	zorrozkailurik	—	—
prolative	zorrozkailutzat	—	—

Further reading

• “zorrozkailu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]