harea

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin harēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /haɾea/ [ha.ɾe.a]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /aɾea/ [a.ɾe.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea, -a
  • Hyphenation: ha‧re‧a

Noun

harea inan

  1. sand
    Synonym: hondar

Declension

Declension of harea (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive harea harea hareak hareok
ergative hareak hareak hareek hareok
dative hareari hareari hareei hareoi
genitive harearen harearen hareen hareon
comitative harearekin harearekin hareekin hareokin
causative harearengatik harearengatik hareengatik hareongatik
benefactive harearentzat harearentzat hareentzat hareontzat
instrumental hareaz hareaz hareez hareotaz
innesive hareatan harean hareetan hareotan
locative hareatako hareako hareetako hareotako
allative hareatara hareara hareetara hareotara
terminative hareataraino harearaino hareetaraino hareotaraino
directive hareatarantz harearantz hareetarantz hareotarantz
destinative hareatarako harearako hareetarako hareotarako
ablative hareatatik hareatik hareetatik hareotatik
partitive harearik
prolative hareatzat

Derived terms

  • harea-erloju
  • harea-lur
  • hareatsu (sandy)
  • hareatza (sand field)
  • hareharri

Further reading

  • harea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • harea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • R. L. Trask (2008), “harea”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 103