sortalde
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Basque
Etymology
From sortu (“to create, to emerge”) + alde (“side”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
sortalde inan
- east, orient
- Synonyms: ekialde, eguzkialde
Declension
Declension of sortalde (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | sortalde | sortaldea | sortaldeak |
| ergative | sortaldek | sortaldeak | sortaldeek |
| dative | sortalderi | sortaldeari | sortaldeei |
| genitive | sortalderen | sortaldearen | sortaldeen |
| comitative | sortalderekin | sortaldearekin | sortaldeekin |
| causative | sortalderengatik | sortaldearengatik | sortaldeengatik |
| benefactive | sortalderentzat | sortaldearentzat | sortaldeentzat |
| instrumental | sortaldez | sortaldeaz | sortaldeez |
| inessive | sortaldetan | sortaldean | sortaldeetan |
| locative | sortaldetako | sortaldeko | sortaldeetako |
| allative | sortaldetara | sortaldera | sortaldeetara |
| terminative | sortaldetaraino | sortalderaino | sortaldeetaraino |
| directive | sortaldetarantz | sortalderantz | sortaldeetarantz |
| destinative | sortaldetarako | sortalderako | sortaldeetarako |
| ablative | sortaldetatik | sortaldetik | sortaldeetatik |
| partitive | sortalderik | — | — |
| prolative | sortaldetzat | — | — |
Coordinate terms
(compass points) puntu kardinalak;
| ipar-mendebal ipar-sartalde |
ipar | ipar-ekialde ipar-sortalde |
| mendebal sartalde |
|
ekialde sortalde |
| hego-mendebal hego-sartalde |
hego | hego-ekialde hego-sortalde |
Derived terms
- sortaldetar (“eastern”)
Further reading
- “sortalde”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “sortalde”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005