ostadar
Basque
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ortzi (“sky”) + adar (“branch, horn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /os̺tadar/ [os̺.t̪a.ð̞ar]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -adar, -ar
- Hyphenation: os‧ta‧dar
Noun
ostadar inan
- rainbow
- Synonym: Erromako zubi
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ostadar | ostadarra | ostadarrak | ostadarrok |
| ergative | ostadarrek | ostadarrak | ostadarrek | ostadarrok |
| dative | ostadarri | ostadarrari | ostadarrei | ostadarroi |
| genitive | ostadarren | ostadarraren | ostadarren | ostadarron |
| comitative | ostadarrekin | ostadarrarekin | ostadarrekin | ostadarrokin |
| causative | ostadarrengatik | ostadarrarengatik | ostadarrengatik | ostadarrongatik |
| benefactive | ostadarrentzat | ostadarrarentzat | ostadarrentzat | ostadarrontzat |
| instrumental | ostadarrez | ostadarraz | ostadarrez | ostadarrotaz |
| innesive | ostadarretan | ostadarrean | ostadarretan | ostadarrotan |
| locative | ostadarretako | ostadarreko | ostadarretako | ostadarrotako |
| allative | ostadarretara | ostadarrera | ostadarretara | ostadarrotara |
| terminative | ostadarretaraino | ostadarreraino | ostadarretaraino | ostadarrotaraino |
| directive | ostadarretarantz | ostadarrerantz | ostadarretarantz | ostadarrotarantz |
| destinative | ostadarretarako | ostadarrerako | ostadarretarako | ostadarrotarako |
| ablative | ostadarretatik | ostadarretik | ostadarretatik | ostadarrotatik |
| partitive | ostadarrik | — | — | — |
| prolative | ostadartzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “ostadar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ostadar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005