lehendakari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque lehendakari.

Noun

lehendakari (plural lehendakaris)

  1. The president of the Basque government.
    • 2009 March 2, Victoria Burnett, “Nationalists in Basque Losing Vote in Assembly”, in New York Times‎:
      A vote to choose the new Basque leader, or lehendakari, is expected this week.

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Further reading

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Coined by members of the Basque Nationalist Party, from lehendabizi (“firstly”) +‎ -ari (suffix indicating profession).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehendakaɾi/ [le.hẽn̪.d̪a.ka.ɾi]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /lendakaɾi/ [lẽn̪.d̪a.ka.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi
  • Hyphenation: le‧hen‧da‧ka‧ri

Noun

lehendakari anim

  1. lehendakari
  2. president, prime minister
    Synonym: presidente

Declension
Declension of lehendakari (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lehendakari lehendakaria lehendakariak
ergative lehendakarik lehendakariak lehendakariek
dative lehendakariri lehendakariari lehendakariei
genitive lehendakariren lehendakariaren lehendakarien
comitative lehendakarirekin lehendakariarekin lehendakariekin
causative lehendakarirengatik lehendakariarengatik lehendakariengatik
benefactive lehendakarirentzat lehendakariarentzat lehendakarientzat
instrumental lehendakariz lehendakariaz lehendakariez
inessive lehendakarirengan lehendakariarengan lehendakariengan
locative — — —
allative lehendakarirengana lehendakariarengana lehendakariengana
terminative lehendakarirenganaino lehendakariarenganaino lehendakarienganaino
directive lehendakarirenganantz lehendakariarenganantz lehendakarienganantz
destinative lehendakarirenganako lehendakariarenganako lehendakarienganako
ablative lehendakarirengandik lehendakariarengandik lehendakariengandik
partitive lehendakaririk — —
prolative lehendakaritzat — —

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Basque lehendakari.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leendaˈkaɾi/ [le.ẽn̪.d̪aˈka.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -aɾi
  • Syllabification: le‧hen‧da‧ka‧ri

Noun

lehendakari m or f by sense (plural lehendakaris)

  1. Synonym of lendakari
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