zakur

Basque

Alternative forms

• zakhur (Navarro-Lapurdian)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zakuR (“dog”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻akur/ [s̻a.kur]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻akur/ [s̻a.kur]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺akur/ [s̺a.kur]

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• Rhymes: -akur, -ur
• Hyphenation: za‧kur

Noun

zakur anim

1. hound
2. Upper Navarre and Navarro-Lapurdian form of txakur (“dog”)

Declension

Declension of zakur (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	zakur	zakurra	zakurrak	zakurrok
ergative	zakurrek	zakurrak	zakurrek	zakurrok
dative	zakurri	zakurrari	zakurrei	zakurroi
genitive	zakurren	zakurraren	zakurren	zakurron
comitative	zakurrekin	zakurrarekin	zakurrekin	zakurrokin
causative	zakurrengatik	zakurrarengatik	zakurrengatik	zakurrongatik
benefactive	zakurrentzat	zakurrarentzat	zakurrentzat	zakurrontzat
instrumental	zakurrez	zakurraz	zakurrez	zakurrotaz
inessive	zakurrengan	zakurrarengan	zakurrengan	zakurrongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	zakurrengana	zakurrarengana	zakurrengana	zakurrongana
terminative	zakurrenganaino	zakurrarenganaino	zakurrenganaino	zakurronganaino
directive	zakurrenganantz	zakurrarenganantz	zakurrenganantz	zakurronganantz
destinative	zakurrenganako	zakurrarenganako	zakurrenganako	zakurronganako
ablative	zakurrengandik	zakurrarengandik	zakurrengandik	zakurrongandik
partitive	zakurrik	—	—	—
prolative	zakurtzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• txakur (“dog”) (see there for further derivations)
• zakurtzar

Further reading

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