abere

Basque

Alternative forms

• abel- (combining form)

Etymology

From Late Latin habēre (“good, property”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /abeɾe/ [a.β̞e.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧re

Noun

abere anim

1. cattle (large, domesticated animal)
2. animal (usually large mammals)
3. (figuratively) brute

Declension

Declension of abere (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abere	aberea	abereak
ergative	aberek	abereak	abereek
dative	abereri	abereari	abereei
genitive	abereren	aberearen	abereen
comitative	abererekin	aberearekin	abereekin
causative	abererengatik	aberearengatik	abereengatik
benefactive	abererentzat	aberearentzat	abereentzat
instrumental	aberez	abereaz	abereez
inessive	abererengan	aberearengan	abereengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	abererengana	aberearengana	abereengana
terminative	abererenganaino	aberearenganaino	abereenganaino
directive	abererenganantz	aberearenganantz	abereenganantz
destinative	abererenganako	aberearenganako	abereenganako
ablative	abererengandik	aberearengandik	abereengandik
partitive	abererik	—	—
prolative	aberetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abelazkuntza (“stockbreeding”)
• abelbide (“green lane”)
• abelburu (“head of cattle”)
• abeldun (“cattle farmer”)
• abeletxe (“stable”)
• abelgorri (“bovine cattle”)
• abelgorriki (“beef”)
• abeltegi (“stable”)
• abeltzain (“cattle farmer”)
• abeltzaintza (“stockbreeding”)
• aberats (“rich”) (see there for further derivations)
• abere beltz (“domestic pig”)
• abere larri (“large cattle”)
• abere xehe (“small cattle”)
• abere-hiltzaile (“butcher, slaughterer”)
• aberekeria (“brutality”)
• abereki (“brutality, meat”)
• aberekoi (“brutal”)
• aberetasun (“brutality”)
• aberetiar (“brutal”)
• aberetu (“to stultify”)
• aberetzar (“beast”)
• aberezale (“animal lover”)
• aberezko (“brutal”)

 

Further reading

• “abere”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “abere”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbərə/

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• Rhymes: -ərə
• Hyphenation: ab‧er‧e
• Homophone: aberet

Noun

abere n

1. indefinite plural of aber