oparo

Basque

Etymology

From opa (“offering, desire”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /opaɾo/ [o.pa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Hyphenation: o‧pa‧ro

Adjective

oparo (comparative oparoago, superlative oparoen, excessive oparoegi)

1. fruitful, fertile
2. generous
3. abundant

   Synonym: (rare) oparotsu

Declension

Declension of oparo (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		oparo	oparoa	oparoak
ergative		oparok	oparoak	oparoek
dative		oparori	oparoari	oparoei
genitive		oparoren	oparoaren	oparoen
comitative		oparorekin	oparoarekin	oparoekin
causative		oparorengatik	oparoarengatik	oparoengatik
benefactive		oparorentzat	oparoarentzat	oparoentzat
instrumental		oparoz	oparoaz	oparoez
inessive	anim.	oparorengan	oparoarengan	oparoengan
	inanim.	oparotan	oparoan	oparoetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	oparotako	oparoko	oparoetako
allative	anim.	oparorengana	oparoarengana	oparoengana
	inanim.	oparotara	oparora	oparoetara
terminative	anim.	oparorenganaino	oparoarenganaino	oparoenganaino
	inanim.	oparotaraino	oparoraino	oparoetaraino
directive	anim.	oparorenganantz	oparoarenganantz	oparoenganantz
	inanim.	oparotarantz	oparorantz	oparoetarantz
destinative	anim.	oparorenganako	oparoarenganako	oparoenganako
	inanim.	oparotarako	oparorako	oparoetarako
ablative	anim.	oparorengandik	oparoarengandik	oparoengandik
	inanim.	oparotatik	oparotik	oparoetatik
partitive		oparorik	—	—
prolative		oparotzat	—	—

Derived terms

• oparoaldi (“time of abundance”)
• oparotasun (“abundance”)
• oparotsu (“abundant”)

 

Adverb

oparo (comparative oparoago, superlative oparoen, excessive oparoegi)

1. abundantly, generously

   Synonym: (rare) oparotsu

Further reading

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