ikurrin

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Basque

Ikurrin

Etymology

A neologism coined by Sabino Arana in 1897. It originates from the hypothetical verb *ikurri, whose root Arana extracted from its causative form, irakurri (“to read”), with the artificial meaning of “to signify”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ikurrin inan

  1. ikurriña; the flag of the Basque Country

Declension

Declension of ikurrin (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ikurrin ikurrina ikurrinak
ergative ikurrinek ikurrinak ikurrinek
dative ikurrini ikurrinari ikurrinei
genitive ikurrinen ikurrinaren ikurrinen
comitative ikurrinekin ikurrinarekin ikurrinekin
causative ikurrinengatik ikurrinarengatik ikurrinengatik
benefactive ikurrinentzat ikurrinarentzat ikurrinentzat
instrumental ikurrinez ikurrinaz ikurrinez
inessive ikurrinetan ikurrinean ikurrinetan
locative ikurrinetako ikurrineko ikurrinetako
allative ikurrinetara ikurrinera ikurrinetara
terminative ikurrinetaraino ikurrineraino ikurrinetaraino
directive ikurrinetarantz ikurrinerantz ikurrinetarantz
destinative ikurrinetarako ikurrinerako ikurrinetarako
ablative ikurrinetatik ikurrinetik ikurrinetatik
partitive ikurrinik — —
prolative ikurrintzat — —

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: ikurriña

References

  1. ^ “ikurrin” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ Trask, Robert L. (1997) The History of Basque, Routledge, →ISBN, page 265

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