denbora

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tempora, nominative plural of tempus (“time”), during the Middle Ages. The "weather" sense is semantic loan from French temps and Spanish tiempo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

denbora inan

1. time
2. era, times
3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Soule, Upper Navarre) weather
4. (grammar) tense

   Synonym: aldi

Declension

Declension of denbora (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	denbora	denbora	denborak	denborok
ergative	denborak	denborak	denborek	denborok
dative	denborari	denborari	denborei	denboroi
genitive	denboraren	denboraren	denboren	denboron
comitative	denborarekin	denborarekin	denborekin	denborokin
causative	denborarengatik	denborarengatik	denborengatik	denborongatik
benefactive	denborarentzat	denborarentzat	denborentzat	denborontzat
instrumental	denboraz	denboraz	denborez	denborotaz
innesive	denboratan	denboran	denboretan	denborotan
locative	denboratako	denborako	denboretako	denborotako
allative	denboratara	denborara	denboretara	denborotara
terminative	denborataraino	denboraraino	denboretaraino	denborotaraino
directive	denboratarantz	denborarantz	denboretarantz	denborotarantz
destinative	denboratarako	denborarako	denboretarako	denborotarako
ablative	denboratatik	denboratik	denboretatik	denborotatik
partitive	denborarik	—	—	—
prolative	denboratzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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