aberats

== Basque == === Etymology === A compound of abere (“cattle”) plus some unknown element. This may be a suffix -ts denoting abundance, which is also allegedly present in other formations, such as adats (“hair, foliage”), from adar (“horn”). However, a Latin (or Spanish) influence is more probable: compare Galician haberoso (“rich, wealthy”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧be‧rats === Adjective === aberats (comparative aberatsago, superlative aberatsen, excessive aberatsegi) rich, wealthy Antonym: behartsu abundant costly, expensive ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === aberats anim rich, wealthy person ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “aberats”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] R. L. Trask (2008), “aberats”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 75