erle

See also: Erle

Basque

Etymology

12th century; from *es-le ‘wax/honey-maker’, compound of *es- (compare ezti ‘honey’, ezko ‘wax’) and agentive suffix -le.

Pronunciation
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Noun

erle (combining form erla-)

  1. bee
    Erleek ezti egiten dute. ― Bees make honey.
    Erleek polena loreetatik biltzen dute. ― Bees collect pollen from flowers.
    Erle batek ziztatu zuen. ― A bee stung him.

Usage notes

Some compounds are formed with the combining form erla-, others with the base form erle.

Declension
(animate noun) declension of erle
indefinite singular plural
absolutiveerleerleaerleak
ergativeerlekerleakerleek
dativeerlerierlearierleei
genitiveerlerenerlearenerleen
comitativeerlerekinerlearekinerleekin
causativeerlerengatikerlearengatikerleengatik
benefactiveerlerentzaterlearentzaterleentzat
instrumentalerlezerleazerleez
inessiveerlerenganerlearenganerleengan
allativeerlerenganaerlearenganaerleengana
terminativeerlerenganainoerlearenganainoerleenganaino
directiveerlerenganantzerlearenganantzerleenganantz
destinativeerlerenganakoerlearenganakoerleenganako
ablativeerlerengandikerlearengandikerleengandik
partitiveerlerik
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prolativeerletzat
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Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English eorl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz. Cognate to Old Swedish iærl, Old Danish ierl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrl/, /ˈɛːrl/, /ˈjɛrl/, /ˈɛrəl/

Noun

erle (plural erles)

  1. A great noble subordinate to a king or duke; a count or earl:
    1. An early medieval Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norse noble magnate (subordinate to the king).
    2. An earl; the English equivalent to a count under the king or (later) a duke.
  2. (rare) A partner; one who accompanies another person.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
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