zubi
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *zubi, probably a compound of *zuR (“wood”) and *bide (“way, path”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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- Rhymes: -ubi
- Hyphenation: zu‧bi
Noun edit
zubi inan
- bridge
- long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days)
- (music) tailpiece
Declension edit
Declension of zubi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | zubi | zubia | zubiak |
ergative | zubik | zubiak | zubiek |
dative | zubiri | zubiari | zubiei |
genitive | zubiren | zubiaren | zubien |
comitative | zubirekin | zubiarekin | zubiekin |
causative | zubirengatik | zubiarengatik | zubiengatik |
benefactive | zubirentzat | zubiarentzat | zubientzat |
instrumental | zubiz | zubiaz | zubiez |
inessive | zubitan | zubian | zubietan |
locative | zubitako | zubiko | zubietako |
allative | zubitara | zubira | zubietara |
terminative | zubitaraino | zubiraino | zubietaraino |
directive | zubitarantz | zubirantz | zubietarantz |
destinative | zubitarako | zubirako | zubietarako |
ablative | zubitatik | zubitik | zubietatik |
partitive | zubirik | — | — |
prolative | zubitzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- zubi-begi (“span, arch of a bridge”)
- zubi-bular
- zubibide (“viaduct”)
- zubigile
- zubigintza
- zubipe
- zubizain (“bridgekeeper”)
References edit
- ^ “zubi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
zubi (Cyrillic spelling зуби)