garun

Basque

Etymology

From gara (“high, tall (refering here to the head)”) +‎ muin (“marrow, bone marrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾun/ [ɡa.ɾũn]

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• Rhymes: -aɾun, -un
• Hyphenation: ga‧run

Noun

garun inan

1. (anatomy) brain

   Synonym: burumuin

Declension

Declension of garun (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	garun	garuna	garunak	garunok
ergative	garunek	garunak	garunek	garunok
dative	garuni	garunari	garunei	garunoi
genitive	garunen	garunaren	garunen	garunon
comitative	garunekin	garunarekin	garunekin	garunokin
causative	garunengatik	garunarengatik	garunengatik	garunongatik
benefactive	garunentzat	garunarentzat	garunentzat	garunontzat
instrumental	garunez	garunaz	garunez	garunotaz
inessive	garunetan	garunean	garunetan	garunotan
locative	garunetako	garuneko	garunetako	garunotako
allative	garunetara	garunera	garunetara	garunotara
terminative	garunetaraino	garuneraino	garunetaraino	garunotaraino
directive	garunetarantz	garunerantz	garunetarantz	garunotarantz
destinative	garunetarako	garunerako	garunetarako	garunotarako
ablative	garunetatik	garunetik	garunetatik	garunotatik
partitive	garunik	—	—	—
prolative	garuntzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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