zain-belar
Basque
Alternative forms
- zanbedar (Biscayan)
Etymology
From zain (“vein, sinew, root”) + belar (“herb, plant”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: zain-be‧lar
Noun
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | zain-belar | zain-belarra | zain-belarrak | zain-belarrok |
| ergative | zain-belarrek | zain-belarrak | zain-belarrek | zain-belarrok |
| dative | zain-belarri | zain-belarrari | zain-belarrei | zain-belarroi |
| genitive | zain-belarren | zain-belarraren | zain-belarren | zain-belarron |
| comitative | zain-belarrekin | zain-belarrarekin | zain-belarrekin | zain-belarrokin |
| causative | zain-belarrengatik | zain-belarrarengatik | zain-belarrengatik | zain-belarrongatik |
| benefactive | zain-belarrentzat | zain-belarrarentzat | zain-belarrentzat | zain-belarrontzat |
| instrumental | zain-belarrez | zain-belarraz | zain-belarrez | zain-belarrotaz |
| innesive | zain-belarretan | zain-belarrean | zain-belarretan | zain-belarrotan |
| locative | zain-belarretako | zain-belarreko | zain-belarretako | zain-belarrotako |
| allative | zain-belarretara | zain-belarrera | zain-belarretara | zain-belarrotara |
| terminative | zain-belarretaraino | zain-belarreraino | zain-belarretaraino | zain-belarrotaraino |
| directive | zain-belarretarantz | zain-belarrerantz | zain-belarretarantz | zain-belarrotarantz |
| destinative | zain-belarretarako | zain-belarrerako | zain-belarretarako | zain-belarrotarako |
| ablative | zain-belarretatik | zain-belarretik | zain-belarretatik | zain-belarrotatik |
| partitive | zain-belarrik | — | — | — |
| prolative | zain-belartzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “zain-belar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “zain-belar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005