ustel

Basque

Etymology

Of unknown origin. The Lapurdian dialect has the forms bustel, pustel and phustel. Zuberoan has üstel with unexpected fronting of u before s. This word may be a loan from an unknown language, though dropping b before u occurs sporadically in native words as well.

Adjective

ustel

rotten
corrupt, crooked, two-faced, dishonest

Noun

ustel

rot, decay
(sports) foul
(school) flunking, not passing, failure
shirker, dead weight (a person who doesn't do his or her share of work)

Declension

(inanimate noun) declension of ustel

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ustel	ustel	ustelk
ergative	ustelek	ustelk	ustelek
dative	usteli	ustelri	ustelei
genitive	ustelen	ustelren	ustelen
comitative	ustelekin	ustelrekin	ustelekin
causative	ustelengatik	ustelrengatik	ustelengatik
benefactive	ustelentzat	ustelrentzat	ustelentzat
instrumental	ustelez	ustelz	ustelez
inessive	usteletan	usteln	usteletan
locative	usteletako	usteleko	usteletako
allative	usteletara	ustelera	usteletara
terminative	usteletaraino	usteleraino	usteletaraino
directive	usteletarantz	ustelerantz	usteletarantz
destinative	usteletarako	ustelerako	usteletarako
ablative	usteletatik	usteletik	usteletatik
partitive	ustelik	-	-
prolative	usteltzat	-	-

(animate noun) declension of ustel

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ustel	ustela	ustelak
ergative	ustelek	ustelak	ustelek
dative	usteli	ustelari	ustelei
genitive	ustelen	ustelaren	ustelen
comitative	ustelekin	ustelarekin	ustelekin
causative	ustelengatik	ustelarengatik	ustelengatik
benefactive	ustelentzat	ustelarentzat	ustelentzat
instrumental	ustelez	ustelaz	ustelez
inessive	ustelengan	ustelarengan	ustelengan
allative	ustelengana	ustelarengana	ustelengana
terminative	ustelenganaino	ustelarenganaino	ustelenganaino
directive	ustelenganantz	ustelarenganantz	ustelenganantz
destinative	ustelenganako	ustelarenganako	ustelenganako
ablative	ustelengandik	ustelarengandik	ustelengandik
partitive	ustelik	-	-
prolative	usteltzat	-	-

Derived terms

haratustel

References

ustel in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

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