hartz

See also: Hartz

Basque

Alternative forms

• artz (dialectal)

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *artos (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”) but the phonology is tricky. Possibly related to Latin Harsus, which may preserve an element borrowed from Aquitanian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hart͡s̻/ [hart͡s̻]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /art͡s̻/ [art͡s̻]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arts̻
• Hyphenation: hartz

Noun

hartz anim

1. bear

Declension

Declension of hartz (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	hartz	hartza	hartzak	hartzok
ergative	hartzek	hartzak	hartzek	hartzok
dative	hartzi	hartzari	hartzei	hartzoi
genitive	hartzen	hartzaren	hartzen	hartzon
comitative	hartzekin	hartzarekin	hartzekin	hartzokin
causative	hartzengatik	hartzarengatik	hartzengatik	hartzongatik
benefactive	hartzentzat	hartzarentzat	hartzentzat	hartzontzat
instrumental	hartzez	hartzaz	hartzez	hartzotaz
inessive	hartzengan	hartzarengan	hartzengan	hartzongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	hartzengana	hartzarengana	hartzengana	hartzongana
terminative	hartzenganaino	hartzarenganaino	hartzenganaino	hartzonganaino
directive	hartzenganantz	hartzarenganantz	hartzenganantz	hartzonganantz
destinative	hartzenganako	hartzarenganako	hartzenganako	hartzonganako
ablative	hartzengandik	hartzarengandik	hartzengandik	hartzongandik
partitive	hartzik	—	—	—
prolative	harztzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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