deabru
Basque
Etymology
Syncope of earlier *deaburu, from Proto-Basque *deabulu, borrowed from early Romance, from Latin diabolus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deabru/, [d̪e̞.a.β̞ru]
Noun
deabru anim
- the Devil, Satan
- devil, demon
- a mischievous person
Usage notes
Sometimes capitalised when referring specifically to Satan.
Declension
| Declension of deabru (animate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | deabru | deabrua | deabruak |
| ergative | deabruk | deabruak | deabruek |
| dative | deabruri | deabruari | deabruei |
| genitive | deabruren | deabruaren | deabruen |
| comitative | deabrurekin | deabruarekin | deabruekin |
| causative | deabrurengatik | deabruarengatik | deabruengatik |
| benefactive | deabrurentzat | deabruarentzat | deabruentzat |
| instrumental | deabruz | deabruaz | deabruez |
| inessive | deabrurengan | deabruarengan | deabruengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | deabrurengana | deabruarengana | deabruengana |
| terminative | deabrurenganaino | deabruarenganaino | deabruenganaino |
| directive | deabrurenganantz | deabruarenganantz | deabruenganantz |
| destinative | deabrurenganako | deabruarenganako | deabruenganako |
| ablative | deabrurengandik | deabruarengandik | deabruengandik |
| partitive | deabrurik | — | — |
| prolative | deabrutzat | — | — |
See also
- Satan
- Etsai
- txerren
Further reading
- "deabru" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “deabru” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus