zilar

Basque

Alternative forms

• zilhar (Northern)
• zidar, sidar, zider, ziler, sider

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zirar. Possibly related to Celtiberian silabur, Proto-Germanic *silubrą (whence English silver), Proto-Slavic *sьrebro, and Lithuanian sidãbras. This appears to be a prehistoric Wanderwort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻ilar/ [s̻i.lar]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻iʎar/ [s̻i.ʎar]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻iʎar/ [s̻i.ʎar]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺iʎar/ [s̺i.ʎar]

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• Rhymes: -ilar, -ar
• Rhymes: -iʎar, -ar
• Hyphenation: zi‧lar

Noun

zilar inan

1. silver

   Synonyms: urrezuri, plata (Southern)

Declension

Declension of zilar (inan sg-only C-stem)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	zilar	zilarra
ergative	—	zilarrak
dative	—	zilarrari
genitive	—	zilarraren
comitative	—	zilarrarekin
causative	—	zilarrarengatik
benefactive	—	zilarrarentzat
instrumental	zilarrez	zilarraz
inessive	—	zilarrean
locative	—	zilarreko
allative	—	zilarrera
terminative	—	zilarreraino
directive	—	zilarrerantz
destinative	—	zilarrerako
ablative	—	zilarretik
partitive	zilarrik	—
prolative	zilartzat	—

Derived terms

• zilar bizi (“mercury”)
• zilar zuri (“silver”)
• zilargile (“silversmith”)
• zilargin (“silversmith”)
• zilargintza (“silversmithery”)
• zilarkara (“silvery”)
• zilarreria
• zilarretan (“in silver coins”)
• zilarrezko (“silver”) (attributive)
• zilarrezko eztei (“silver wedding”)
• zilarreztatu (“to silver”)

Further reading

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