eskailera
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Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Southern) /es̺kaʎeɾa/, [e̞s̺.ka.ʎe̞.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /es̺kai̯leɾa/, [e̞s̺.kai̯.le̞.ɾa]
Noun
[edit]eskailera inan
Declension
[edit]Declension of eskailera (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | eskailera | eskailera | eskailerak |
ergative | eskailerak | eskailerak | eskailerek |
dative | eskailerari | eskailerari | eskailerei |
genitive | eskaileraren | eskaileraren | eskaileren |
comitative | eskailerarekin | eskailerarekin | eskailerekin |
causative | eskailerarengatik | eskailerarengatik | eskailerengatik |
benefactive | eskailerarentzat | eskailerarentzat | eskailerentzat |
instrumental | eskaileraz | eskaileraz | eskailerez |
inessive | eskaileratan | eskaileran | eskaileretan |
locative | eskaileratako | eskailerako | eskaileretako |
allative | eskaileratara | eskailerara | eskaileretara |
terminative | eskailerataraino | eskaileraraino | eskaileretaraino |
directive | eskaileratarantz | eskailerarantz | eskaileretarantz |
destinative | eskaileratarako | eskailerarako | eskaileretarako |
ablative | eskaileratatik | eskaileratik | eskaileretatik |
partitive | eskailerarik | — | — |
prolative | eskaileratzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- birako eskailera (“spiral staircase”)
- eskailera kiribil (“spiral staircase”)
- eskailera mekaniko (“escalator”)
- eskailera-atal (“stair flight”)
- eskailera-begi (“stairwell”)
- eskailera-buru (“landing of a staircase”)
- eskailera-kaxa (“stairwell”)
- eskailera-maila (“stair”)
- eskailera-suge (“ladder snake”)
- eskailerape (“space under a stair”)
- eskailerapeko ardo (“wine bottled a year after the vintage”)
Further reading
[edit]- “eskailera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “eskailera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005