galdegai

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Basque

Etymology

From galdetu (“to question”) +‎ -gai (“topic, substance”).

Pronunciation

Noun

galdegai inan

  1. (rare) question
    Synonym: galdera
  2. (Basque grammar) the focused element of a clause, immediately before the verb complex or inflected auxiliary

Declension

Declension of galdegai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive galdegai galdegaia galdegaiak
ergative galdegaik galdegaiak galdegaiek
dative galdegairi galdegaiari galdegaiei
genitive galdegairen galdegaiaren galdegaien
comitative galdegairekin galdegaiarekin galdegaiekin
causative galdegairengatik galdegaiarengatik galdegaiengatik
benefactive galdegairentzat galdegaiarentzat galdegaientzat
instrumental galdegaiz galdegaiaz galdegaiez
inessive galdegaitan galdegaian galdegaietan
locative galdegaitako galdegaiko galdegaietako
allative galdegaitara galdegaira galdegaietara
terminative galdegaitaraino galdegairaino galdegaietaraino
directive galdegaitarantz galdegairantz galdegaietarantz
destinative galdegaitarako galdegairako galdegaietarako
ablative galdegaitatik galdegaitik galdegaietatik
partitive galdegairik — —
prolative galdegaitzat — —

Descendants

  • → English: galdegaia

Further reading

  • “galdegai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “galdegai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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