gisan
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Basque[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gisan
Postposition[edit]
gisan
- [+genitive] as, like, in the manner of
- 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria[1], La Rochelle, Ioann 1:32:
- Orduan bada teſtifica ceçan Ioanneſec, cioela, Ikuſſi dut Spiritua iauſten dela vſſo columba baten guiſſán cerutic eta egon-ere bacedin haren gainean.
- [Orduan bada testifika zezan Joanesek, zioela, ikusi dut Espiritua jausten dela uso kolunba baten gisan zerutik eta egon ere bazedin haren gainean.]
- And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. – KJV
Further reading[edit]
- “gisan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “gisan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005