haitz

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

The superficial similarity between this word and the words aizto (“knife”), aitzur (“hoe”), aiztur (“scissors”) and aizkora (“ax”) was taken by some as an indication that the language dated to the Neolithic, when those tools would have been made of stone,[1][2] but Trask dismisses this idea on the grounds that Roncalese has a nasal in ai(n)zto and ai(n)tzur but not in haitz.[3] Aizkora actually comes from Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hai̯t͡s̻/ [hai̯t͡s̻]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ai̯t͡s̻/ [ai̯t͡s̻]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯ts̻
  • Hyphenation: haitz

Noun

haitz inan

  1. stone, rock

Declension

Declension of haitz (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive haitz haitza haitzak haitzok
ergative haitzek haitzak haitzek haitzok
dative haitzi haitzari haitzei haitzoi
genitive haitzen haitzaren haitzen haitzon
comitative haitzekin haitzarekin haitzekin haitzokin
causative haitzengatik haitzarengatik haitzengatik haitzongatik
benefactive haitzentzat haitzarentzat haitzentzat haitzontzat
instrumental haitzez haitzaz haitzez haitzotaz
innesive haitzetan haitzean haitzetan haitzotan
locative haitzetako haitzeko haitzetako haitzotako
allative haitzetara haitzera haitzetara haitzotara
terminative haitzetaraino haitzeraino haitzetaraino haitzotaraino
directive haitzetarantz haitzerantz haitzetarantz haitzotarantz
destinative haitzetarako haitzerako haitzetarako haitzotarako
ablative haitzetatik haitzetik haitzetatik haitzotatik
partitive haitzik — — —
prolative haiztzat — — —

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Kelly Lipscomb, Spain (2005), page 457
  2. ^ Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, volumes 52-56 (1942), page 90
  3. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “haitz”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 82

Further reading

  • “haitz”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • “haitz”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
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