txori

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Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of zori (“luck”), from Proto-Basque *zori (compare txolarre (“sparrow”)).[1] Similar sense development in Catalan au (“bird”), auçe (“luck, fortune”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoɾi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾi
  • Hyphenation: txo‧ri

Noun

txori anim

  1. bird
    Synonym: hegazti
    • 1957, Joxean Artze, Txoria txori:
      Bainan, honela / ez zen gehiago txoria izango
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of txori (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive txori txoria txoriak
ergative txorik txoriak txoriek
dative txoriri txoriari txoriei
genitive txoriren txoriaren txorien
comitative txorirekin txoriarekin txoriekin
causative txorirengatik txoriarengatik txoriengatik
benefactive txorirentzat txoriarentzat txorientzat
instrumental txoriz txoriaz txoriez
inessive txorirengan txoriarengan txoriengan
locative — — —
allative txorirengana txoriarengana txoriengana
terminative txorirenganaino txoriarenganaino txorienganaino
directive txorirenganantz txoriarenganantz txorienganantz
destinative txorirenganako txoriarenganako txorienganako
ablative txorirengandik txoriarengandik txoriengandik
partitive txoririk — —
prolative txoritzat — —

References

  1. ^ “zori” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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