alde
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *alte, probably related to albo (“side”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Interjection edit
alde!
Noun edit
alde inan
- part, zone, side
- Gera zaitez nire aldean. ― Stay by my side.
- side (of paper, a card, a coin), heads (of a coin)
- Txanponek bi alde dituzte. ― Coins have two sides.
- difference, advantage
- Taldeak lau goleko aldea zuen. ― The team had a four goal advantage.
Declension edit
Declension of alde (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | alde | aldea | aldeak |
ergative | aldek | aldeak | aldeek |
dative | alderi | aldeari | aldeei |
genitive | alderen | aldearen | aldeen |
comitative | alderekin | aldearekin | aldeekin |
causative | alderengatik | aldearengatik | aldeengatik |
benefactive | alderentzat | aldearentzat | aldeentzat |
instrumental | aldez | aldeaz | aldeez |
inessive | aldetan | aldean | aldeetan |
locative | aldetako | aldeko | aldeetako |
allative | aldetara | aldera | aldeetara |
terminative | aldetaraino | alderaino | aldeetaraino |
directive | aldetarantz | alderantz | aldeetarantz |
destinative | aldetarako | alderako | aldeetarako |
ablative | aldetatik | aldetik | aldeetatik |
partitive | alderik | — | — |
prolative | aldetzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
Postposition edit
alde
- [+absolutive] around (time)
- hamabiak eta laurden aldean ― around quarter past twelve
- [+genitive] in favor of
- Noren alde zaude? ― Who's side are you on?
Usage notes edit
In the first sense, only the inflected forms aldean (inessive, literally “on the side”) and aldera (allative, literally “to the side”) are used. In the second sense, only the plain form is used.
References edit
- ^ “*al-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
aldē
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌴
Middle English edit
Noun edit
alde
- Alternative form of adle
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *ëltē.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
alde
Alternative forms edit
Postposition edit
alde
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
alde f (definite singular alda, uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
From earlier and Old Norse alda.
Noun edit
alde f (definite singular alda, indefinite plural alder, definite plural aldene)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
alde
References edit
- “alde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old High German edit
Conjunction edit
alde
References edit
- Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen