itsasadar

Basque

FWOTD – 10 November 2024

Etymology

From itsas (combining form of itsaso (“sea”)) +‎ adar (“branch”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺adar/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺a.ð̞ar]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺adar/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺a.ð̞ar]

  • Rhymes: -adar, -ar
  • Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧sa‧dar

Noun

itsasadar inan

  1. estuary
    • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎[1], La Rochelle, Acteac 27:39:
      Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itſas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.
      [Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden.]
      And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. – KJV

Declension

Declension of itsasadar (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive itsasadar itsasadarra itsasadarrak itsasadarrok
ergative itsasadarrek itsasadarrak itsasadarrek itsasadarrok
dative itsasadarri itsasadarrari itsasadarrei itsasadarroi
genitive itsasadarren itsasadarraren itsasadarren itsasadarron
comitative itsasadarrekin itsasadarrarekin itsasadarrekin itsasadarrokin
causative itsasadarrengatik itsasadarrarengatik itsasadarrengatik itsasadarrongatik
benefactive itsasadarrentzat itsasadarrarentzat itsasadarrentzat itsasadarrontzat
instrumental itsasadarrez itsasadarraz itsasadarrez itsasadarrotaz
innesive itsasadarretan itsasadarrean itsasadarretan itsasadarrotan
locative itsasadarretako itsasadarreko itsasadarretako itsasadarrotako
allative itsasadarretara itsasadarrera itsasadarretara itsasadarrotara
terminative itsasadarretaraino itsasadarreraino itsasadarretaraino itsasadarrotaraino
directive itsasadarretarantz itsasadarrerantz itsasadarretarantz itsasadarrotarantz
destinative itsasadarretarako itsasadarrerako itsasadarretarako itsasadarrotarako
ablative itsasadarretatik itsasadarretik itsasadarretatik itsasadarrotatik
partitive itsasadarrik — — —
prolative itsasadartzat — — —

Further reading

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