abantaila

Basque

Etymology

From French avantage or Spanish ventaja.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /abantai̯la/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪ai̯.la]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /abantaʎa/ [a.β̞ãn̪.t̪a.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -ai̯la, -a
• Rhymes: -aʎa, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ban‧tai‧la

Noun

abantaila inan

1. advantage

Declension

Declension of abantaila (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	abantaila	abantaila	abantailak	abantailok
ergative	abantailak	abantailak	abantailek	abantailok
dative	abantailari	abantailari	abantailei	abantailoi
genitive	abantailaren	abantailaren	abantailen	abantailon
comitative	abantailarekin	abantailarekin	abantailekin	abantailokin
causative	abantailarengatik	abantailarengatik	abantailengatik	abantailongatik
benefactive	abantailarentzat	abantailarentzat	abantailentzat	abantailontzat
instrumental	abantailaz	abantailaz	abantailez	abantailotaz
innesive	abantailatan	abantailan	abantailetan	abantailotan
locative	abantailatako	abantailako	abantailetako	abantailotako
allative	abantailatara	abantailara	abantailetara	abantailotara
terminative	abantailataraino	abantailaraino	abantailetaraino	abantailotaraino
directive	abantailatarantz	abantailarantz	abantailetarantz	abantailotarantz
destinative	abantailatarako	abantailarako	abantailetarako	abantailotarako
ablative	abantailatatik	abantailatik	abantailetatik	abantailotatik
partitive	abantailarik	—	—	—
prolative	abantailatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• abantaila eraman (“to surpass”)
• abantailatsu (“advantageous”)
• abantailatu (“to surpass”)
• abantailatuki (“advantageously”)

Related terms

• abantailos (“advantageous”)

Further reading

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