adeitsu

Basque

Etymology

From adei (“deference”) +‎ -tsu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /adei̯t͡s̺u/ [a.ð̞ei̯.t͡s̺u]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /adei̯t͡s̺u/ [a.ð̞ei̯.t͡s̺u]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /adei̯t͡s̻u/ [a.ð̞ei̯.t͡s̻u]

 

• Rhymes: -ei̯ts̺u, -u

• Rhymes: -ei̯ts̺u, -u
• Rhymes: -ei̯ts̻u, -u

• Hyphenation: a‧dei‧tsu

Adjective

adeitsu (comparative adeitsuago, superlative adeitsuen, excessive adeitsuegi)

1. polite, deferential

   Synonym: adikor

Declension

Declension of adeitsu (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	adeitsu	adeitsua	adeitsuak	adeitsuok
ergative	adeitsuk	adeitsuak	adeitsuek	adeitsuok
dative	adeitsuri	adeitsuari	adeitsuei	adeitsuoi
genitive	adeitsuren	adeitsuaren	adeitsuen	adeitsuon
comitative	adeitsurekin	adeitsuarekin	adeitsuekin	adeitsuokin
causative	adeitsurengatik	adeitsuarengatik	adeitsuengatik	adeitsuongatik
benefactive	adeitsurentzat	adeitsuarentzat	adeitsuentzat	adeitsuontzat
instrumental	adeitsuz	adeitsuaz	adeitsuez	adeitsuotaz
innesive	adeitsutan	adeitsuan	adeitsuetan	adeitsuotan
locative	adeitsutako	adeitsuko	adeitsuetako	adeitsuotako
allative	adeitsutara	adeitsura	adeitsuetara	adeitsuotara
terminative	adeitsutaraino	adeitsuraino	adeitsuetaraino	adeitsuotaraino
directive	adeitsutarantz	adeitsurantz	adeitsuetarantz	adeitsuotarantz
destinative	adeitsutarako	adeitsurako	adeitsuetarako	adeitsuotarako
ablative	adeitsutatik	adeitsutik	adeitsuetatik	adeitsuotatik
partitive	adeitsurik	—	—	—
prolative	adeitsutzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• adeitsuki (“respectfully”)

Further reading

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