zurgin

Basque

Etymology

zur (“wood”) +‎ -gin (doer, maker)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻urɡin/ [s̻ur.ɣ̞ĩn]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻urɡin/ [s̻ur.ɣ̞ĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺urɡin/ [s̺ur.ɣ̞ĩn]

• Rhymes: -urɡin, -in
• Hyphenation: zur‧gin

Noun

zurgin anim

1. carpenter, cabinet maker, woodworker

Declension

Declension of zurgin (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zurgin	zurgina	zurginak
ergative	zurginek	zurginak	zurginek
dative	zurgini	zurginari	zurginei
genitive	zurginen	zurginaren	zurginen
comitative	zurginekin	zurginarekin	zurginekin
causative	zurginengatik	zurginarengatik	zurginengatik
benefactive	zurginentzat	zurginarentzat	zurginentzat
instrumental	zurginez	zurginaz	zurginez
inessive	zurginengan	zurginarengan	zurginengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	zurginengana	zurginarengana	zurginengana
terminative	zurginenganaino	zurginarenganaino	zurginenganaino
directive	zurginenganantz	zurginarenganantz	zurginenganantz
destinative	zurginenganako	zurginarenganako	zurginenganako
ablative	zurginengandik	zurginarengandik	zurginengandik
partitive	zurginik	—	—
prolative	zurgintzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zurgintza
• zurgindegi

References

• “zurgin” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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