kirol

See also: kiről

Basque

Etymology

First attested in 1596 with the meaning "joy", borrowed from Old Spanish quirola. The term isn't attested again until the early twentieth century, when it was repurposed to its current meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiɾol/ [ki.ɾol]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾol
• Hyphenation: ki‧rol

Noun

kirol inan

1. sport
2. (obsolete) joy, jubilation
   • 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19)‎^[1], Bilbao: Eusklatzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 268:

     Gorhua garrian, ta gogoa quirolan.

     [Gorua garrian, ta gogoa kirolan.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of kirol (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	kirol	kirola	kirolak
ergative	kirolek	kirolak	kirolek
dative	kiroli	kirolari	kirolei
genitive	kirolen	kirolaren	kirolen
comitative	kirolekin	kirolarekin	kirolekin
causative	kirolengatik	kirolarengatik	kirolengatik
benefactive	kirolentzat	kirolarentzat	kirolentzat
instrumental	kirolez	kirolaz	kirolez
inessive	kiroletan	kirolean	kiroletan
locative	kiroletako	kiroleko	kiroletako
allative	kiroletara	kirolera	kiroletara
terminative	kiroletaraino	kiroleraino	kiroletaraino
directive	kiroletarantz	kirolerantz	kiroletarantz
destinative	kiroletarako	kirolerako	kiroletarako
ablative	kiroletatik	kiroletik	kiroletatik
partitive	kirolik	—	—
prolative	kiroltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• kirol-lege
• kirol-portu
• kirolari (“athlete”)
• kiroldegi
• kirolzale

 

Further reading

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

Karao

Noun

kirol

1. thunder