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gailur

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Basque

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Mendiaren gailurra elurtuta dago (the mountain’s peak is covered in snow).
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Etymology

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From gain (summit, upper part, top) +‎ lur (earth, land), with the 'n' assimilating into the following liquid as per compounding rules.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɡai̯lur/ [ɡai̯.lur]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ɡaʎur/ [ɡa.ʎur]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯lur, -ur
  • Rhymes: -aʎur, -ur
  • Hyphenation: gai‧lur

Noun

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gailur inan

  1. peak, summit, tip
    Goazen! Gailurra ez dago hain urrun.
    C'mon! The peak is not that far away.

Declension

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Further reading

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