jengibre
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jengibre
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jengibre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /kenkibre/
- IPA(key): (Southern) /xenxibre/
- Rhymes: -ibre
- Hyphenation: jen‧gi‧bre
Noun
jengibre inan
Declension
Declension of jengibre (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | jengibre | jengibrea | jengibreak |
| ergative | jengibrek | jengibreak | jengibreek |
| dative | jengibreri | jengibreari | jengibreei |
| genitive | jengibreren | jengibrearen | jengibreen |
| comitative | jengibrerekin | jengibrearekin | jengibreekin |
| causative | jengibrerengatik | jengibrearengatik | jengibreengatik |
| benefactive | jengibrerentzat | jengibrearentzat | jengibreentzat |
| instrumental | jengibrez | jengibreaz | jengibreez |
| inessive | jengibretan | jengibrean | jengibreetan |
| locative | jengibretako | jengibreko | jengibreetako |
| allative | jengibretara | jengibrera | jengibreetara |
| terminative | jengibretaraino | jengibreraino | jengibreetaraino |
| directive | jengibretarantz | jengibrerantz | jengibreetarantz |
| destinative | jengibretarako | jengibrerako | jengibreetarako |
| ablative | jengibretatik | jengibretik | jengibreetatik |
| partitive | jengibrerik | — | — |
| prolative | jengibretzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “jengibre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “jengibre”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish gengibre, from Old Occitan gengibre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.
Pronunciation
Noun
jengibre m (plural jengibres)
Derived terms
- galleta de jengibre (“gingerbread cookies”)
- hombre de jengibre
- jengibre amargo
- pan de jengibre
Descendants
- → Basque: jengibre
Further reading
- “jengibre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10