harrabots

Basque

Etymology

Likely a metathesized form of abarrots (“noise”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /harabot͡s̺/ [ha.ra.β̞ot͡s̺]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /arabot͡s̺/ [a.ra.β̞ot͡s̺]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /arabot͡s̺/ [a.ra.β̞ot͡s̺]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /arabot͡s̻/ [a.ra.β̞ot͡s̻]

 

• Rhymes: -abots̺

• (most dialects) Rhymes: -abots̺
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -abots̻

• Hyphenation: ha‧rra‧bots

Noun

harrabots inan

1. (Northern) noise, clattering

   Synonym: abarrots

Declension

Declension of harrabots (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	harrabots	harrabotsa	harrabotsak
ergative	harrabotsek	harrabotsak	harrabotsek
dative	harrabotsi	harrabotsari	harrabotsei
genitive	harrabotsen	harrabotsaren	harrabotsen
comitative	harrabotsekin	harrabotsarekin	harrabotsekin
causative	harrabotsengatik	harrabotsarengatik	harrabotsengatik
benefactive	harrabotsentzat	harrabotsarentzat	harrabotsentzat
instrumental	harrabotsez	harrabotsaz	harrabotsez
inessive	harrabotsetan	harrabotsean	harrabotsetan
locative	harrabotsetako	harrabotseko	harrabotsetako
allative	harrabotsetara	harrabotsera	harrabotsetara
terminative	harrabotsetaraino	harrabotseraino	harrabotsetaraino
directive	harrabotsetarantz	harrabotserantz	harrabotsetarantz
destinative	harrabotsetarako	harrabotserako	harrabotsetarako
ablative	harrabotsetatik	harrabotsetik	harrabotsetatik
partitive	harrabotsik	—	—
prolative	harrabostzat	—	—

Further reading

• “harrabots”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “harrabots”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005