ibai
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Alternative forms
- hibai (Navarro-Lapurdian, Biscayan)
Etymology
Possibly influenced by ibar (“valley”) plus a suffix *-i,[1][2] or contaminated by ibi (“ford”). On the other hand, Lakarra proposes a compound of Proto-Basque *hur (“water”) + *bani (“cut, interrupted”).[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
ibai inan
- 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
| 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 | — | — |
Declension of ibai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
Derived terms
- ibaiadar
- ibaibarren
- ibaiburu
- ibaiertz
- ibaika
- ibaiki
- ibairatu
References
- “ibai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “ibai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- “ibai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
- Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906) “ibai”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français, volume 1 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 390
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