porlan

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from English Portland, short for Portland cement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /porlan/ [por.lãn]
• Rhymes: -orlan
• Hyphenation: por‧lan

Noun

porlan inan

1. cement

   Synonym: zementu

Declension

Declension of porlan (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	porlan	porlana	porlanak
ergative	porlanek	porlanak	porlanek
dative	porlani	porlanari	porlanei
genitive	porlanen	porlanaren	porlanen
comitative	porlanekin	porlanarekin	porlanekin
causative	porlanengatik	porlanarengatik	porlanengatik
benefactive	porlanentzat	porlanarentzat	porlanentzat
instrumental	porlanez	porlanaz	porlanez
inessive	porlanetan	porlanean	porlanetan
locative	porlanetako	porlaneko	porlanetako
allative	porlanetara	porlanera	porlanetara
terminative	porlanetaraino	porlaneraino	porlanetaraino
directive	porlanetarantz	porlanerantz	porlanetarantz
destinative	porlanetarako	porlanerako	porlanetarako
ablative	porlanetatik	porlanetik	porlanetatik
partitive	porlanik	—	—
prolative	porlantzat	—	—

Further reading

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