kirol

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See also: kiről

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Etymology

First attested in 1596 with the meaning "joy", borrowed from Old Spanish quirola. The term isn't attested again until the early twentieth century, when it was repurposed to its current meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiɾol/
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  • Rhymes: -iɾol
  • Hyphenation: ki‧rol

Noun

kirol inan

  1. sport
  2. (obsolete) joy, jubilation
    • 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19)‎, Bilbao: Eusklatzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 268:
      Gorhua garrian, ta gogoa quirolan.
      [Gorua garrian, ta gogoa kirolan.]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of kirol (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive kirol kirola kirolak
ergative kirolek kirolak kirolek
dative kiroli kirolari kirolei
genitive kirolen kirolaren kirolen
comitative kirolekin kirolarekin kirolekin
causative kirolengatik kirolarengatik kirolengatik
benefactive kirolentzat kirolarentzat kirolentzat
instrumental kirolez kirolaz kirolez
inessive kiroletan kirolean kiroletan
locative kiroletako kiroleko kiroletako
allative kiroletara kirolera kiroletara
terminative kiroletaraino kiroleraino kiroletaraino
directive kiroletarantz kirolerantz kiroletarantz
destinative kiroletarako kirolerako kiroletarako
ablative kiroletatik kiroletik kiroletatik
partitive kirolik — —
prolative kiroltzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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Noun

kirol

  1. thunder
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