berdin
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /berdin/ [ber.ð̞ĩn]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -erdin, -in
- Hyphenation: ber‧din
Adjective
berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)
- same
- Astoak eta zaldiak ez dira berdinak.
- Donkeys and horses are not the same.
- flat, level
- Aitonak etxea oso lur berdinean eraiki zuen.
- My grandfather built the house on a very level terrain.
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | berdin | berdina | berdinak | berdinok | |
| ergative | berdinek | berdinak | berdinek | berdinok | |
| dative | berdini | berdinari | berdinei | berdinoi | |
| genitive | berdinen | berdinaren | berdinen | berdinon | |
| comitative | berdinekin | berdinarekin | berdinekin | berdinokin | |
| causative | berdinengatik | berdinarengatik | berdinengatik | berdinongatik | |
| benefactive | berdinentzat | berdinarentzat | berdinentzat | berdinontzat | |
| instrumental | berdinez | berdinaz | berdinez | berdinotaz | |
| innesive | anim. | berdinengan | berdinarengan | berdinengan | berdinongan |
| inan. | berdinetan | berdinean | berdinetan | berdinotan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — | — |
| inan. | berdinetako | berdineko | berdinetako | berdinotako | |
| allative | anim. | berdinengana | berdinarengana | berdinengana | berdinongana |
| inan. | berdinetara | berdinera | berdinetara | berdinotara | |
| terminative | anim. | berdinenganaino | berdinarenganaino | berdinenganaino | berdinonganaino |
| inan. | berdinetaraino | berdineraino | berdinetaraino | berdinotaraino | |
| directive | anim. | berdinenganantz | berdinarenganantz | berdinenganantz | berdinonganantz |
| inan. | berdinetarantz | berdinerantz | berdinetarantz | berdinotarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | berdinenganako | berdinarenganako | berdinenganako | berdinonganako |
| inan. | berdinetarako | berdinerako | berdinetarako | berdinotarako | |
| ablative | anim. | berdinengandik | berdinarengandik | berdinengandik | berdinongandik |
| inan. | berdinetatik | berdinetik | berdinetatik | berdinotatik | |
| partitive | berdinik | — | — | — | |
| prolative | berdintzat | — | — | — | |
Adverb
berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)
Further reading
- “berdin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “berdin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005