hemeretzi

Basque

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Cardinal: hemeretzi     Ordinal: hemeretzigarren     Fractional: hemeretziren

Etymology

From hamar (“ten”) +‎ bederatzi (“nine”), with loss of /b/ and reduction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hemeɾet͡s̻i/ [he.me.ɾe.t͡s̻i]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /emeɾet͡s̻i/ [e.me.ɾe.t͡s̻i]

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• Rhymes: -ets̻i, -i
• Hyphenation: he‧me‧re‧tzi

Numeral

hemeretzi

1. nineteen

Declension

Declension of hemeretzi (numeral V-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		hemeretzi	hemeretzia	hemeretziak	hemeretziok
ergative		hemeretzik	hemeretziak	hemeretziek	hemeretziok
dative		hemeretziri	hemeretziari	hemeretziei	hemeretzioi
genitive		hemeretziren	hemeretziaren	hemeretzien	hemeretzion
comitative		hemeretzirekin	hemeretziarekin	hemeretziekin	hemeretziokin
causative		hemeretzirengatik	hemeretziarengatik	hemeretziengatik	hemeretziongatik
benefactive		hemeretzirentzat	hemeretziarentzat	hemeretzientzat	hemeretziontzat
instrumental		hemeretziz	hemeretziaz	hemeretziez	hemeretziotaz
inessive	anim.	hemeretzirengan	hemeretziarengan	hemeretziengan	hemeretziongan
	inan.	hemeretzitan	hemeretzian	hemeretzietan	hemeretziotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	hemeretzitako	hemeretziko	hemeretzietako	hemeretziotako
allative	anim.	hemeretzirengana	hemeretziarengana	hemeretziengana	hemeretziongana
	inan.	hemeretzitara	hemeretzira	hemeretzietara	hemeretziotara
terminative	anim.	hemeretzirenganaino	hemeretziarenganaino	hemeretzienganaino	hemeretzionganaino
	inan.	hemeretzitaraino	hemeretziraino	hemeretzietaraino	hemeretziotaraino
directive	anim.	hemeretzirenganantz	hemeretziarenganantz	hemeretzienganantz	hemeretzionganantz
	inan.	hemeretzitarantz	hemeretzirantz	hemeretzietarantz	hemeretziotarantz
destinative	anim.	hemeretzirenganako	hemeretziarenganako	hemeretzienganako	hemeretzionganako
	inan.	hemeretzitarako	hemeretzirako	hemeretzietarako	hemeretziotarako
ablative	anim.	hemeretzirengandik	hemeretziarengandik	hemeretziengandik	hemeretziongandik
	inan.	hemeretzitatik	hemeretzitik	hemeretzietatik	hemeretziotatik
partitive		hemeretzirik	—	—	—
prolative		hemeretzitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hemeretzi (“fifty-nine”)
• hemeretzigarren (“nineteenth”)
• hemeretziko
• hemeretzina (“nineteen each”)
• hemeretzinaka (“in groups of nineteen”)
• hemeretzira (“nineteen each”)
• hemeretziraka (“in groups of nineteen”)
• hirurogeita hemeretzi (“seventy-nine”)
• hogeita hemeretzi (“thirty-nine”)
• laurogeita hemeretzi (“ninety-nine”)

Further reading

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