ibai
Basque
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly influenced by ibar (“valley”) plus a suffix *-i,[1][2] or contaminated by ibi (“ford”). On the other hand, Lakarra proposes a compound of Proto-Basque *hur (“water”) + *bani (“cut, interrupted”).[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editibai inan
- river
- Donostian, Urumea ibaia Kontxa hondartza eta Urgull mendiaren artean itsasoratzen da.
- In San Sebastián, the Urumea river flows into the sea between the Concha beach and the Urgull mountain.
Declension
editDeclension of ibai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | ibai | ibaia | ibaiak |
ergative | ibaik | ibaiak | ibaiek |
dative | ibairi | ibaiari | ibaiei |
genitive | ibairen | ibaiaren | ibaien |
comitative | ibairekin | ibaiarekin | ibaiekin |
causative | ibairengatik | ibaiarengatik | ibaiengatik |
benefactive | ibairentzat | ibaiarentzat | ibaientzat |
instrumental | ibaiz | ibaiaz | ibaiez |
inessive | ibaitan | ibaian | ibaietan |
locative | ibaitako | ibaiko | ibaietako |
allative | ibaitara | ibaira | ibaietara |
terminative | ibaitaraino | ibairaino | ibaietaraino |
directive | ibaitarantz | ibairantz | ibaietarantz |
destinative | ibaitarako | ibairako | ibaietarako |
ablative | ibaitatik | ibaitik | ibaietatik |
partitive | ibairik | — | — |
prolative | ibaitzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “ibai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- ^ “ibai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2013) “Gramática histórica vasca o vasco-iberismo”, in Paleohispanica[1], volume 13, page 578 of 567–592
Further reading
edit- “ibai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) “ibai”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary], volume 1 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 390
Gothic
editRomanization
editibai
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹