adei

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adei̯/ [a.ð̞ei̯]
• Rhymes: -adei̯, -ei̯
• Hyphenation: a‧dei

Noun

adei inan

1. deference

   Synonym: adeitasun

2. (religion) grace

Declension

Declension of adei (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	adei	adeia	adeiak	adeiok
ergative	adeik	adeiak	adeiek	adeiok
dative	adeiri	adeiari	adeiei	adeioi
genitive	adeiren	adeiaren	adeien	adeion
comitative	adeirekin	adeiarekin	adeiekin	adeiokin
causative	adeirengatik	adeiarengatik	adeiengatik	adeiongatik
benefactive	adeirentzat	adeiarentzat	adeientzat	adeiontzat
instrumental	adeiz	adeiaz	adeiez	adeiotaz
innesive	adeitan	adeian	adeietan	adeiotan
locative	adeitako	adeiko	adeietako	adeiotako
allative	adeitara	adeira	adeietara	adeiotara
terminative	adeitaraino	adeiraino	adeietaraino	adeiotaraino
directive	adeitarantz	adeirantz	adeietarantz	adeiotarantz
destinative	adeitarako	adeirako	adeietarako	adeiotarako
ablative	adeitatik	adeitik	adeietatik	adeiotatik
partitive	adeirik	—	—	—
prolative	adeitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• adei-lege (“courtesy”)
• adeitasun (“deference”) (see there for further derivations)
• adeitsu (“deferential”)
• adeitsuki (“respectfully”)

Further reading

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

Rade

Noun

adei

1. a younger sibling