ikurrin

Basque

Etymology

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

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Noun

ikurrin inan

ikurriña; the flag of the Basque Country

Declension

Declension of *ikurrin* (inan C-stem)
	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ikurrin	ikurrina	ikurrinak	ikurrinok
ergative	ikurrinek	ikurrinak	ikurrinek	ikurrinok
dative	ikurrini	ikurrinari	ikurrinei	ikurrinoi
genitive	ikurrinen	ikurrinaren	ikurrinen	ikurrinon
comitative	ikurrinekin	ikurrinarekin	ikurrinekin	ikurrinokin
causative	ikurrinengatik	ikurrinarengatik	ikurrinengatik	ikurrinongatik
benefactive	ikurrinentzat	ikurrinarentzat	ikurrinentzat	ikurrinontzat
instrumental	ikurrinez	ikurrinaz	ikurrinez	ikurrinotaz
inessive	ikurrinetan	ikurrinean	ikurrinetan	ikurrinotan
locative	ikurrinetako	ikurrineko	ikurrinetako	ikurrinotako
allative	ikurrinetara	ikurrinera	ikurrinetara	ikurrinotara
terminative	ikurrinetaraino	ikurrineraino	ikurrinetaraino	ikurrinotaraino
directive	ikurrinetarantz	ikurrinerantz	ikurrinetarantz	ikurrinotarantz
destinative	ikurrinetarako	ikurrinerako	ikurrinetarako	ikurrinotarako
ablative	ikurrinetatik	ikurrinetik	ikurrinetatik	ikurrinotatik
partitive	ikurrinik	—	—	—
prolative	ikurrintzat	—	—	—

Synonyms

(flag): bandera

Descendants

→ Spanish: ikurriña
- → English: ikurriña

References

^ R. L. Trask (2008), “ikurrin”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 229
^ Trask, Robert L. (1997), The History of Basque, Routledge, →ISBN, page 265