adimen
Basque
Etymology
From aditu (“to understand”) + -men.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /adimen/ [a.ð̞i.mẽn]
- Rhymes: -imen, -en
- Hyphenation: a‧di‧men
Noun
adimen inan
- intelligence
- Synonyms: ulermen, buruargitasun, adimendu
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | adimen | adimena | adimenak |
| ergative | adimenek | adimenak | adimenek |
| dative | adimeni | adimenari | adimenei |
| genitive | adimenen | adimenaren | adimenen |
| comitative | adimenekin | adimenarekin | adimenekin |
| causative | adimenengatik | adimenarengatik | adimenengatik |
| benefactive | adimenentzat | adimenarentzat | adimenentzat |
| instrumental | adimenez | adimenaz | adimenez |
| inessive | adimenetan | adimenean | adimenetan |
| locative | adimenetako | adimeneko | adimenetako |
| allative | adimenetara | adimenera | adimenetara |
| terminative | adimenetaraino | adimeneraino | adimenetaraino |
| directive | adimenetarantz | adimenerantz | adimenetarantz |
| destinative | adimenetarako | adimenerako | adimenetarako |
| ablative | adimenetatik | adimenetik | adimenetatik |
| partitive | adimenik | — | — |
| prolative | adimentzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- adimen gutxiko (“intellectually disabled”)
- adimen urriko (“intellectually disabled”)
- adimen-urritasun (“intellectual disability”)
- adimena argitu (“to clear the mind”)
- adimena ilundu (“to cloud the mind”)
- adimena lausotu (“to cloud the mind”)
- adimendun (“rational”)
- adimengabe (“foolish, irrational”)
- adimentsu (“intelligent”)
Further reading
- “adimen”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “adimen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005