Zaldibar

Basque

Etymology

From zaldi (“horse”) +‎ ibar (“valley”), literally “valley of horses”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻aldibar/ [s̻al̪.d̪i.β̞ar]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻aldibar/ [s̻al̪.d̪i.β̞ar]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺aldibar/ [s̺al̪.d̪i.β̞ar]

• Rhymes: -ibar
• Hyphenation: Zal‧di‧bar

Proper noun

Zaldibar inan or anim

1. Zaldibar (a village and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain).
2. a toponymic surname

Declension

Declension of Zaldibar (animate and inanimate, ending in -r)

		indefinite
absolutive		Zaldibar
ergative		Zaldibarrek
dative		Zaldibarri
genitive		Zaldibarren
comitative		Zaldibarrekin
causative		Zaldibarrengatik
benefactive		Zaldibarrentzat
instrumental		Zaldibarrez
inessive	anim.	Zaldibarrengan
	inanim.	Zaldibarren
locative	anim.	—
	inanim.	Zaldibarko
allative	anim.	Zaldibarrengana
	inanim.	Zaldibarrera
terminative	anim.	Zaldibarrenganaino
	inanim.	Zaldibarreraino
directive	anim.	Zaldibarrenganantz
	inanim.	Zaldibarrerantz
destinative	anim.	Zaldibarrenganako
	inanim.	Zaldibarrerako
ablative	anim.	Zaldibarrengandik
	inanim.	Zaldibartik
partitive		Zaldibarrik
prolative		Zaldibartzat

Derived terms

• zaldibartar

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: Zaldívar
  • → English: Zaldivar
  • → Hiligaynon: Zaldivar

Further reading

• “145.- Bizkaiko herri izendegia [Toponymy of the villages of Biscay]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2005