oparo

Basque

Etymology

From opa (“offering, desire”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /opaɾo/ [o.pa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: o‧pa‧ro

Adjective

oparo (comparative oparoago, superlative oparoen, excessive oparoegi)

1. fruitful, fertile
2. generous
3. abundant

   Synonym: (rare) oparotsu

Declension

Declension of oparo (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		oparo	oparoa	oparoak
ergative		oparok	oparoak	oparoek
dative		oparori	oparoari	oparoei
genitive		oparoren	oparoaren	oparoen
comitative		oparorekin	oparoarekin	oparoekin
causative		oparorengatik	oparoarengatik	oparoengatik
benefactive		oparorentzat	oparoarentzat	oparoentzat
instrumental		oparoz	oparoaz	oparoez
inessive	anim	oparorengan	oparoarengan	oparoengan
	inan	oparotan	oparoan	oparoetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	oparotako	oparoko	oparoetako
allative	anim	oparorengana	oparoarengana	oparoengana
	inan	oparotara	oparora	oparoetara
terminative	anim	oparorenganaino	oparoarenganaino	oparoenganaino
	inan	oparotaraino	oparoraino	oparoetaraino
directive	anim	oparorenganantz	oparoarenganantz	oparoenganantz
	inan	oparotarantz	oparorantz	oparoetarantz
destinative	anim	oparorenganako	oparoarenganako	oparoenganako
	inan	oparotarako	oparorako	oparoetarako
ablative	anim	oparorengandik	oparoarengandik	oparoengandik
	inan	oparotatik	oparotik	oparoetatik
partitive		oparorik	—	—
prolative		oparotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• oparoaldi (“time of abundance”)
• oparotasun (“abundance”)
• oparotsu (“abundant”)

Adverb

oparo (comparative oparoago, superlative oparoen, excessive oparoegi)

1. abundantly, generously

   Synonym: (rare) oparotsu

Further reading

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