erreka

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Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Occitan arrèc, ultimately from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia or Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā (“furrow”). Compare Catalan rec and Galician rego.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ereka/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -eka
Hyphenation: e‧rre‧ka

Noun

erreka inan

stream, brook
(Northern) irrigation ditch
(Northern) valley
(figurative, only in certain expressions) misery, poverty, bankruptcy

Declension

Declension of erreka (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	erreka	erreka	errekak
ergative	errekak	errekak	errekek
dative	errekari	errekari	errekei
genitive	errekaren	errekaren	erreken
comitative	errekarekin	errekarekin	errekekin
causative	errekarengatik	errekarengatik	errekengatik
benefactive	errekarentzat	errekarentzat	errekentzat
instrumental	errekaz	errekaz	errekez
inessive	errekatan	errekan	erreketan
locative	errekatako	errekako	erreketako
allative	errekatara	errekara	erreketara
terminative	errekataraino	errekaraino	erreketaraino
directive	errekatarantz	errekarantz	erreketarantz
destinative	errekatarako	errekarako	erreketarako
ablative	errekatatik	errekatik	erreketatik
partitive	errekarik	—	—
prolative	errekatzat	—	—

Derived terms

erreka-haize (“southern wind”)
erreka-laino (“low-lying fog”)
erreka-txori (“wagtail”)
erreka-zintzur (“gorge”)
erreka-zulo (“ravine, valley”)
errekagune (“thalweg”)
errekako esamesak (“well-known proverbs”)
errekalde (“area close to a stream”)
errekan (“ruined, bankrupt”)
errekara (“bound for ruin or bankruptcy”)
errekaratu (“to get close to a stream, to go bankrupt”)
errekarri (“pebble”)
errekasto (“small stream”)
errekatik atera (“to recover from poverty”)
errekatxindor (“Cetti's warbler”)

Further reading

“erreka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
“erreka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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