epai

Basque

Etymology

A variant of ebaki (“cut”), with loss of intervocalic /k/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epai̯/ [e.pai̯]
• Rhymes: -epai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: e‧pai

Noun

epai inan

1. verdict
2. alternative form of ebaki (“cut, wound”)

Declension

Declension of epai (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	epai	epaia	epaiak
ergative	epaik	epaiak	epaiek
dative	epairi	epaiari	epaiei
genitive	epairen	epaiaren	epaien
comitative	epairekin	epaiarekin	epaiekin
causative	epairengatik	epaiarengatik	epaiengatik
benefactive	epairentzat	epaiarentzat	epaientzat
instrumental	epaiz	epaiaz	epaiez
inessive	epaitan	epaian	epaietan
locative	epaitako	epaiko	epaietako
allative	epaitara	epaira	epaietara
terminative	epaitaraino	epairaino	epaietaraino
directive	epaitarantz	epairantz	epaietarantz
destinative	epaitarako	epairako	epaietarako
ablative	epaitatik	epaitik	epaietatik
partitive	epairik	—	—
prolative	epaitzat	—	—

Declension

• epaikari (“judge”)
• epaiketa (“trial”)
• epaiki (“saw”)
• epaikunde (“trial”)
• epail (“March”)
• epaile (“judge”)
• epailetza
• epaimahai (“jury”)
• epaimahaiburu
• epaimahaikide
• epaimahaiko
• epaite (“cut”)
• epaitegi (“courthouse”)
• epaitondo
• epaitu (“to judge”)
• epaitza (“trial”)

Further reading

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