itsasadar

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Basque

FWOTD – 10 November 2024

Etymology

From itsas (combining form of itsaso (“sea”)) +‎ adar (“branch”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺adar/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺adar/

  • Rhymes: -adar
  • Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧sa‧dar

Noun

itsasadar inan

  1. estuary
    • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎, La Rochelle, Acteac 27:39:
      Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itſas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.
      [Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden.]
      And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. – KJV

Declension

Declension of itsasadar (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive itsasadar itsasadarra itsasadarrak
ergative itsasadarrek itsasadarrak itsasadarrek
dative itsasadarri itsasadarrari itsasadarrei
genitive itsasadarren itsasadarraren itsasadarren
comitative itsasadarrekin itsasadarrarekin itsasadarrekin
causative itsasadarrengatik itsasadarrarengatik itsasadarrengatik
benefactive itsasadarrentzat itsasadarrarentzat itsasadarrentzat
instrumental itsasadarrez itsasadarraz itsasadarrez
inessive itsasadarretan itsasadarrean itsasadarretan
locative itsasadarretako itsasadarreko itsasadarretako
allative itsasadarretara itsasadarrera itsasadarretara
terminative itsasadarretaraino itsasadarreraino itsasadarretaraino
directive itsasadarretarantz itsasadarrerantz itsasadarretarantz
destinative itsasadarretarako itsasadarrerako itsasadarretarako
ablative itsasadarretatik itsasadarretik itsasadarretatik
partitive itsasadarrik — —
prolative itsasadartzat — —

Further reading

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