zabor

See also: Zabor, zabór, and zábor

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish zaborra (“dirt”), itself from Latin saburra (“grit, sand”), with the ending reinterpreted as an article.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /s̻abor/, [s̻a.β̞o̞r]

Noun

zabor inan

  1. waste, garbage
  2. brush, scrub
  3. rubble
  4. (figurative) garbage, rubbish (something worthless)

Declension
Declension of zabor (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zabor zaborra zaborrak
ergative zaborrek zaborrak zaborrek
dative zaborri zaborrari zaborrei
genitive zaborren zaborraren zaborren
comitative zaborrekin zaborrarekin zaborrekin
causative zaborrengatik zaborrarengatik zaborrengatik
benefactive zaborrentzat zaborrarentzat zaborrentzat
instrumental zaborrez zaborraz zaborrez
inessive zaborretan zaborrean zaborretan
locative zaborretako zaborreko zaborretako
allative zaborretara zaborrera zaborretara
terminative zaborretaraino zaborreraino zaborretaraino
directive zaborretarantz zaborrerantz zaborretarantz
destinative zaborretarako zaborrerako zaborretarako
ablative zaborretatik zaborretik zaborretatik
partitive zaborrik — —
prolative zabortzat — —

Derived terms
  • zabor-bilketa (“waste disposal”)
  • zabor-biltzaile (“garbage collector”)
  • zabor-jan (“junk food”)
  • zabor-lan (“crap job”)
  • zabor-poltsa (“garbage bag”)
  • zabor-posta (“junk mail”)
  • zaborreria (“waste, residue”)
  • zaborrontzi (“waste bin”)
  • zabortegi (“landfill”)

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