xaboi

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish xabon (compare modern Spanish jabón), from Late Latin sāpōne, singular ablative of sāpō, sāpōnis, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʃaboi̯/, [ʃa.β̞o̞i̯]

Noun

xaboi inan

1. soap

Declension

Declension of xaboi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	xaboi	xaboia	xaboiak
ergative	xaboik	xaboiak	xaboiek
dative	xaboiri	xaboiari	xaboiei
genitive	xaboiren	xaboiaren	xaboien
comitative	xaboirekin	xaboiarekin	xaboiekin
causative	xaboirengatik	xaboiarengatik	xaboiengatik
benefactive	xaboirentzat	xaboiarentzat	xaboientzat
instrumental	xaboiz	xaboiaz	xaboiez
inessive	xaboitan	xaboian	xaboietan
locative	xaboitako	xaboiko	xaboietako
allative	xaboitara	xaboira	xaboietara
terminative	xaboitaraino	xaboiraino	xaboietaraino
directive	xaboitarantz	xaboirantz	xaboietarantz
destinative	xaboitarako	xaboirako	xaboietarako
ablative	xaboitatik	xaboitik	xaboietatik
partitive	xaboirik	—	—
prolative	xaboitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• xaboiontzi