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abertzale

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Basque

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Etymology

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Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana, from aberri (fatherland) +‎ -zale (supporter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abert͡s̻ale/ [a.β̞er.t͡s̻a.le]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ale, -e
  • Hyphenation: a‧ber‧tza‧le

Adjective

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abertzale (comparative abertzaleago, superlative abertzaleen, excessive abertzaleegi)

  1. Basque nationalist

Declension

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Declension of abertzale (adjective, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive abertzale abertzalea abertzaleak
ergative abertzalek abertzaleak abertzaleek
dative abertzaleri abertzaleari abertzaleei
genitive abertzaleren abertzalearen abertzaleen
comitative abertzalerekin abertzalearekin abertzaleekin
causative abertzalerengatik abertzalearengatik abertzaleengatik
benefactive abertzalerentzat abertzalearentzat abertzaleentzat
instrumental abertzalez abertzaleaz abertzaleez
inessive anim abertzalerengan abertzalearengan abertzaleengan
inan abertzaletan abertzalean abertzaleetan
locative anim
inan abertzaletako abertzaleko abertzaleetako
allative anim abertzalerengana abertzalearengana abertzaleengana
inan abertzaletara abertzalera abertzaleetara
terminative anim abertzalerenganaino abertzalearenganaino abertzaleenganaino
inan abertzaletaraino abertzaleraino abertzaleetaraino
directive anim abertzalerenganantz abertzalearenganantz abertzaleenganantz
inan abertzaletarantz abertzalerantz abertzaleetarantz
destinative anim abertzalerenganako abertzalearenganako abertzaleenganako
inan abertzaletarako abertzalerako abertzaleetarako
ablative anim abertzalerengandik abertzalearengandik abertzaleengandik
inan abertzaletatik abertzaletik abertzaleetatik
partitive abertzalerik
prolative abertzaletzat

Noun

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abertzale anim

  1. patriot
  2. Basque nationalist

Usage notes

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Nowadays, the term refers almost exclusively to left-wing Basque nationalists.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Basque abertzale (patriot).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abertzale m or f (masculine and feminine plural abertzales)

  1. nationalist, pertaining to the Basque nationalist movement
    la izquierda abertzalethe abertzale left (literally, “the patriotic left”)
    • 2023 May 16, “Los siete exetarras de las listas de Bildu con delitos de sangre renuncian a ser concejales”, in El País[1]:
      Los siete exetarras con delitos de sangre incluidos en las listas de Bildu para el 28-M han anunciado que renuncian a ser concejales, en el caso de salir elegidos, para “contribuir a la paz y la convivencia”, según una carta publicada este martes por la mañana por el diario Naiz, vinculado a la izquierda abertzale.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

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abertzale m or f by sense (plural abertzales)

  1. Basque nationalist

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms

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