artzain
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ardi (“sheep”) + -zain (“custodian”). The sense priest is a semantic loan from Spanish pastor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /art͡s̻ai̯n/ [ar.t͡s̻ãĩ̯n]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arts̻ai̯n, -ai̯n
- Hyphenation: ar‧tzain
Noun
[edit]artzain anim
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- (shepherd): artzaintza, artzain-txakur
- (priest): artzapezpiku, artzapezpikutza, Artzain on
Further reading
[edit]- “artzain”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “artzain”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Categories:
- Basque terms suffixed with -zain
- Basque terms derived from Spanish
- Basque 2-syllable words
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Basque terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/arts̻ai̯n
- Rhymes:Basque/arts̻ai̯n/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Basque/ai̯n
- Rhymes:Basque/ai̯n/2 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque animate nouns
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