aberats
Basque
Etymology
A compound of abere (“cattle”) plus some unknown element. This may be a suffix -ts denoting abundance, which is also allegedly present in other formations, such as adats (“hair, foliage”), from adar (“horn”).[1] However, a Latin (or Spanish) influence is more probable: compare Galician haberoso (“rich, wealthy”).[2]
Pronunciation
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- (most dialects) Rhymes: -eɾats̺
- (Biscayan) Rhymes: -eɾats̻
- Hyphenation: a‧be‧rats
Adjective
aberats (comparative aberatsago, superlative aberatsen, excessive aberatsegi)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- aberasbide (“way of becoming wealthier”)
- aberasgarri (“enriching”)
- aberaskeria (“ostentatious display of wealth”)
- aberasketa (“enrichment”)
- aberaski (“wealth, richly”)
- aberaskume (“posh”)
- aberastasun (“wealth”)
- aberaste (“enrichment, process of making enriched uranium”)
- aberastu (“to enrich”)
- aberats egon (“to be rich”)
- aberatsi (“to enrich”)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
Further reading
- "aberats" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “aberats” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
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