ibai

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Basque

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly influenced by ibar (valley) plus a suffix *-i, or contaminated by ibi (ford). On the other hand, Lakarra proposes a compound of Proto-Basque *hur (water) +‎ *bani (cut, interrupted).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ibai̯/
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  • Rhymes: -ibai̯, -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: i‧bai

Noun

ibai inan

  1. 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

Declension of ibai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
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

References

  1. ^ ibai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  2. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “ibai”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 217
  3. ^ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2013) “Gramática histórica vasca o vasco-iberismo”, in Paleohispanica, volume 13, page 578 of 567–592

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

ibai

  1. romanization of 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹