ibai

Basque

Alternative forms

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

  • IPA(key): /ibai̯/ [i.β̞ai̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibai̯, -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: i‧bai

Noun

ibai inan

  1. 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

Declension of ibai (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive ibai ibaia ibaiak ibaiok
ergative ibaik ibaiak ibaiek ibaiok
dative ibairi ibaiari ibaiei ibaioi
genitive ibairen ibaiaren ibaien ibaion
comitative ibairekin ibaiarekin ibaiekin ibaiokin
causative ibairengatik ibaiarengatik ibaiengatik ibaiongatik
benefactive ibairentzat ibaiarentzat ibaientzat ibaiontzat
instrumental ibaiz ibaiaz ibaiez ibaiotaz
innesive ibaitan ibaian ibaietan ibaiotan
locative ibaitako ibaiko ibaietako ibaiotako
allative ibaitara ibaira ibaietara ibaiotara
terminative ibaitaraino ibairaino ibaietaraino ibaiotaraino
directive ibaitarantz ibairantz ibaietarantz ibaiotarantz
destinative ibaitarako ibairako ibaietarako ibaiotarako
ablative ibaitatik ibaitik ibaietatik ibaiotatik
partitive ibairik — — —
prolative ibaitzat — — —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “ibai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  2. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “ibai”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 217
  3. ^ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2013), “Gramática histórica vasca o vasco-iberismo”, in Paleohispanica‎[1], volume 13, page 578 of 567–592

Further reading

  • “ibai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • Azkue, Resurrección María de (1905–1906), “ibai”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary], volume 1 (overall work in Spanish and French), Bilbao, page 390

Gothic

Romanization

ibai

  1. romanization of 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹
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