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lehendakari

lehendakari

English

Noun

lehendakari ‎(plural lehendakaris)

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.

Basque

Etymology

From Basque lehendabizi (the first) + -ari (suffix indicating profession).

Noun

lehendakari

Declension

"lehendakari"

(animate noun) declension
	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
allative	lehendakarirengana	lehendakariarengana	lehendakariengana
terminative	lehendakarirenganaino	lehendakariarenganaino	lehendakarienganaino
directive	lehendakarirenganantz	lehendakariarenganantz	lehendakarienganantz
destinative	lehendakarirenganako	lehendakariarenganako	lehendakarienganako
ablative	lehendakarirengandik	lehendakariarengandik	lehendakariengandik
partitive	lehendakaririk	-	-
prolative	lehendakaritzat	-	-

Synonyms

presidente

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Basque [Term?].

Noun

lehendakari m, f ‎(plural lehendakaris)

lehendakari