betile

Basque

Etymology

From bet- (combining form of begi (“eye”)) +‎ ile (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /betile/ [be.t̪i.le]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /betiʎe/ [be.t̪i.ʎe]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ile, -e
• Rhymes: -iʎe, -e
• Hyphenation: be‧ti‧le

Noun

betile inan

1. eyelash

Declension

Declension of betile (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	betile	betilea	betileak	betileok
ergative	betilek	betileak	betileek	betileok
dative	betileri	betileari	betileei	betileoi
genitive	betileren	betilearen	betileen	betileon
comitative	betilerekin	betilearekin	betileekin	betileokin
causative	betilerengatik	betilearengatik	betileengatik	betileongatik
benefactive	betilerentzat	betilearentzat	betileentzat	betileontzat
instrumental	betilez	betileaz	betileez	betileotaz
inessive	betiletan	betilean	betileetan	betileotan
locative	betiletako	betileko	betileetako	betileotako
allative	betiletara	betilera	betileetara	betileotara
terminative	betiletaraino	betileraino	betileetaraino	betileotaraino
directive	betiletarantz	betilerantz	betileetarantz	betileotarantz
destinative	betiletarako	betilerako	betileetarako	betileotarako
ablative	betiletatik	betiletik	betileetatik	betileotatik
partitive	betilerik	—	—	—
prolative	betiletzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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