ospe

See also: ospę and оспе

Basque

Etymology

Related to hots (“voice, noise”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /os̺pe/, [o̞s̺.pe̞]

Noun

ospe inan

  1. fame
  2. glory
  3. (Biscayan) stir, fuss

Declension
Declension of ospe (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ospe ospea ospeak
ergative ospek ospeak ospeek
dative osperi ospeari ospeei
genitive osperen ospearen ospeen
comitative osperekin ospearekin ospeekin
causative osperengatik ospearengatik ospeengatik
benefactive osperentzat ospearentzat ospeentzat
instrumental ospez ospeaz ospeez
inessive ospetan ospean ospeetan
locative ospetako ospeko ospeetako
allative ospetara ospera ospeetara
terminative ospetaraino osperaino ospeetaraino
directive ospetarantz osperantz ospeetarantz
destinative ospetarako osperako ospeetarako
ablative ospetatik ospetik ospeetatik
partitive osperik — —
prolative ospetzat — —

Derived terms
  • ospedun (“glorious, famous”)
  • ospegabe (“inglorious”)
  • ospetsu (“famous”)

References
  1. “hots” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading
  • "ospe" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ospe” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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