gotzon

Basque

Etymology

Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana in the 19th century by arbitrarily contracting gogo huts on (“good empty spirit”) to replace aingeru, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡot͡s̻on/, [ɡo̞.t͡s̻õ̞n]

Noun

gotzon anim

1. (neologism) angel

   Synonym: aingeru

Declension

Declension of gotzon (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gotzon	gotzona	gotzonak
ergative	gotzonek	gotzonak	gotzonek
dative	gotzoni	gotzonari	gotzonei
genitive	gotzonen	gotzonaren	gotzonen
comitative	gotzonekin	gotzonarekin	gotzonekin
causative	gotzonengatik	gotzonarengatik	gotzonengatik
benefactive	gotzonentzat	gotzonarentzat	gotzonentzat
instrumental	gotzonez	gotzonaz	gotzonez
inessive	gotzonengan	gotzonarengan	gotzonengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	gotzonengana	gotzonarengana	gotzonengana
terminative	gotzonenganaino	gotzonarenganaino	gotzonenganaino
directive	gotzonenganantz	gotzonarenganantz	gotzonenganantz
destinative	gotzonenganako	gotzonarenganako	gotzonenganako
ablative	gotzonengandik	gotzonarengandik	gotzonengandik
partitive	gotzonik	—	—
prolative	gotzontzat	—	—

Further reading

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