ikurrin
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Etymology
[edit]A neologism coined by Sabino Arana in 1897. It originates from the hypothetical verb *ikurri, whose root Arana extracted from its causative form, irakurri (“to read”), with the artificial meaning of “to signify”.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]ikurrin inan
- ikurriña; the flag of the Basque Country
Declension
[edit]Declension of ikurrin (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | ikurrin | ikurrina | ikurrinak |
ergative | ikurrinek | ikurrinak | ikurrinek |
dative | ikurrini | ikurrinari | ikurrinei |
genitive | ikurrinen | ikurrinaren | ikurrinen |
comitative | ikurrinekin | ikurrinarekin | ikurrinekin |
causative | ikurrinengatik | ikurrinarengatik | ikurrinengatik |
benefactive | ikurrinentzat | ikurrinarentzat | ikurrinentzat |
instrumental | ikurrinez | ikurrinaz | ikurrinez |
inessive | ikurrinetan | ikurrinean | ikurrinetan |
locative | ikurrinetako | ikurrineko | ikurrinetako |
allative | ikurrinetara | ikurrinera | ikurrinetara |
terminative | ikurrinetaraino | ikurrineraino | ikurrinetaraino |
directive | ikurrinetarantz | ikurrinerantz | ikurrinetarantz |
destinative | ikurrinetarako | ikurrinerako | ikurrinetarako |
ablative | ikurrinetatik | ikurrinetik | ikurrinetatik |
partitive | ikurrinik | — | — |
prolative | ikurrintzat | — | — |
Synonyms
[edit]- (flag): bandera
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “ikurrin” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Trask, Robert L. (1997) The History of Basque, Routledge, →ISBN, page 265
Further reading
[edit]- “ikurrin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “ikurrin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia