From Proto-Basque *au(h)ari, perhaps corresponding toa gau (“night”) + -ari (meal suffix). The variant abari, today found only in Souletin, was once attested in Navarrese medieval documents, and therefore is regarded as the most ancient. Other proposals, including Schuchardt's Vulgar Latin *apparium, are generally rejected.
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afari inan
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | afari | afaria | afariak |
ergative | afarik | afariak | afariek |
dative | afariri | afariari | afariei |
genitive | afariren | afariaren | afarien |
comitative | afarirekin | afariarekin | afariekin |
causative | afarirengatik | afariarengatik | afariengatik |
benefactive | afarirentzat | afariarentzat | afarientzat |
instrumental | afariz | afariaz | afariez |
inessive | afaritan | afarian | afarietan |
locative | afaritako | afariko | afarietako |
allative | afaritara | afarira | afarietara |
terminative | afaritaraino | afariraino | afarietaraino |
directive | afaritarantz | afarirantz | afarietarantz |
destinative | afaritarako | afarirako | afarietarako |
ablative | afaritatik | afaritik | afarietatik |
partitive | afaririk | — | — |
prolative | afaritzat | — | — |
afari
Inflection of afari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | afari | afarit | ||
genitive | afarin | afarien afareiden afareitten | ||
partitive | afaria | afareita afareja | ||
illative | afariin | afareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | afari | afarit | ||
accusative | nom. | afari | afarit | |
gen. | afarin | |||
genitive | afarin | afarien afareiden afareitten | ||
partitive | afaria | afareita afareja | ||
inessive | afarissa | afareissa | ||
elative | afarista | afareista | ||
illative | afariin | afareihin | ||
adessive | afarilla | afareilla | ||
ablative | afarilta | afareilta | ||
allative | afarille | afareille | ||
essive | afarina | afareina | ||
translative | afariksi | afareiksi | ||
abessive | afaritta | afareitta | ||
instructive | — | afarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |