erail

erail

Basque

Etymology

Perhaps from ero (“to kill”) through the stem erai-[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾai̯l/ [e.ɾai̯l]
  • Rhymes: -eɾai̯l, -ai̯l
  • Hyphenation: e‧rail

Verb

erail ? (imperfect participle erailtzen, future participle erailko or erailen, short form erail, verbal noun erailtze)

  1. to kill, to assassinate, to murder

Derived terms

  • eraile (“killer, murderer”)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “*ero”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 176
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