aberats
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A compound of abere (“cattle”) plus some unknown element. This may be a suffix -ts denoting abundance, which is also allegedly present in other formations, such as adats (“hair, foliage”), from adar (“horn”).[1] However, a Latin (or Spanish) influence is more probable: compare Galician haberoso (“rich, wealthy”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
- Hyphenation: a‧be‧rats
Adjective
[edit]aberats (comparative aberatsago, superlative aberatsen, excessive aberatsegi)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aberats (adjective, ending in consonant)
Derived terms
[edit]- aberasbide (“way of becoming wealthier”)
- aberasgarri (“enriching”)
- aberaskeria (“ostentatious display of wealth”)
- aberasketa (“enrichment”)
- aberaski (“wealth, richly”)
- aberaskume (“posh”)
- aberastasun (“wealth”)
- aberaste (“enrichment, process of making enriched uranium”)
- aberastu (“to enrich”)
- aberats egon (“to be rich”)
- aberatsi (“to enrich”)
Noun
[edit]aberats anim
Declension
[edit]Declension of aberats (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | aberats | aberatsa | aberatsak |
ergative | aberatsek | aberatsak | aberatsek |
dative | aberatsi | aberatsari | aberatsei |
genitive | aberatsen | aberatsaren | aberatsen |
comitative | aberatsekin | aberatsarekin | aberatsekin |
causative | aberatsengatik | aberatsarengatik | aberatsengatik |
benefactive | aberatsentzat | aberatsarentzat | aberatsentzat |
instrumental | aberatsez | aberatsaz | aberatsez |
inessive | aberatsengan | aberatsarengan | aberatsengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | aberatsengana | aberatsarengana | aberatsengana |
terminative | aberatsenganaino | aberatsarenganaino | aberatsenganaino |
directive | aberatsenganantz | aberatsarenganantz | aberatsenganantz |
destinative | aberatsenganako | aberatsarenganako | aberatsenganako |
ablative | aberatsengandik | aberatsarengandik | aberatsengandik |
partitive | aberatsik | — | — |
prolative | aberastzat | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ “adats”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- ^ “aberats”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Further reading
[edit]- “aberats”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “aberats” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk