barrabil

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *baRabiL, containing the obscure element *baRa- and the root *bil- (“to be round”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /barabil/ [ba.ra.β̞il]
• Rhymes: -abil
• Hyphenation: ba‧rra‧bil

Noun

barrabil inan

1. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Declension of barrabil (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	barrabil	barrabila	barrabilak
ergative	barrabilek	barrabilak	barrabilek
dative	barrabili	barrabilari	barrabilei
genitive	barrabilen	barrabilaren	barrabilen
comitative	barrabilekin	barrabilarekin	barrabilekin
causative	barrabilengatik	barrabilarengatik	barrabilengatik
benefactive	barrabilentzat	barrabilarentzat	barrabilentzat
instrumental	barrabilez	barrabilaz	barrabilez
inessive	barrabiletan	barrabilean	barrabiletan
locative	barrabiletako	barrabileko	barrabiletako
allative	barrabiletara	barrabilera	barrabiletara
terminative	barrabiletaraino	barrabileraino	barrabiletaraino
directive	barrabiletarantz	barrabilerantz	barrabiletarantz
destinative	barrabiletarako	barrabilerako	barrabiletarako
ablative	barrabiletatik	barrabiletik	barrabiletatik
partitive	barrabilik	—	—
prolative	barrabiltzat	—	—

References

• “barrabil”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “barrabil”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “barrabil” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk