haitz
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Basque[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The superficial similarity between this word and the words aizto (“knife”), aitzur (“hoe”), aiztur (“scissors”) and aizkora (“ax”) was taken by some as an indication that the language dated to the Neolithic, when those tools would have been made of stone,[1][2] but Trask dismisses this idea on the grounds that Roncalese has a nasal in ai(n)zto and ai(n)tzur but not in haitz.[3] Aizkora actually comes from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
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- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hai̯t͡s̻/ [hai̯t͡s̻]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ai̯t͡s̻/ [ai̯t͡s̻]
- Rhymes: -ai̯ts̻
- Hyphenation: haitz
Noun[edit]
haitz inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of haitz (inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | haitz | haitza | haitzak |
| ergative | haitzek | haitzak | haitzek |
| dative | haitzi | haitzari | haitzei |
| genitive | haitzen | haitzaren | haitzen |
| comitative | haitzekin | haitzarekin | haitzekin |
| causative | haitzengatik | haitzarengatik | haitzengatik |
| benefactive | haitzentzat | haitzarentzat | haitzentzat |
| instrumental | haitzez | haitzaz | haitzez |
| inessive | haitzetan | haitzean | haitzetan |
| locative | haitzetako | haitzeko | haitzetako |
| allative | haitzetara | haitzera | haitzetara |
| terminative | haitzetaraino | haitzeraino | haitzetaraino |
| directive | haitzetarantz | haitzerantz | haitzetarantz |
| destinative | haitzetarako | haitzerako | haitzetarako |
| ablative | haitzetatik | haitzetik | haitzetatik |
| partitive | haitzik | — | — |
| prolative | haiztzat | — | — |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kelly Lipscomb, Spain (2005), page 457
- ^ Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, volumes 52-56 (1942), page 90
- ^ “haitz” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk