zubi

Basque

Onnenkoskiko harrizko zubia, Finlandia (a stone bridge in Onnenkoski, Finland).

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zubi, probably a compound of *zuR (“wood”) and *bide (“way, path”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /s̻ubi/ [s̻u.β̞i]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻ubi/ [s̻u.β̞i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ubi/ [s̺u.β̞i]

• Rhymes: -ubi, -i
• Hyphenation: zu‧bi

Noun

zubi inan

1. bridge
2. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days)
3. (music) tailpiece

Declension

Declension of zubi (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	zubi	zubia	zubiak	zubiok
ergative	zubik	zubiak	zubiek	zubiok
dative	zubiri	zubiari	zubiei	zubioi
genitive	zubiren	zubiaren	zubien	zubion
comitative	zubirekin	zubiarekin	zubiekin	zubiokin
causative	zubirengatik	zubiarengatik	zubiengatik	zubiongatik
benefactive	zubirentzat	zubiarentzat	zubientzat	zubiontzat
instrumental	zubiz	zubiaz	zubiez	zubiotaz
innesive	zubitan	zubian	zubietan	zubiotan
locative	zubitako	zubiko	zubietako	zubiotako
allative	zubitara	zubira	zubietara	zubiotara
terminative	zubitaraino	zubiraino	zubietaraino	zubiotaraino
directive	zubitarantz	zubirantz	zubietarantz	zubiotarantz
destinative	zubitarako	zubirako	zubietarako	zubiotarako
ablative	zubitatik	zubitik	zubietatik	zubiotatik
partitive	zubirik	—	—	—
prolative	zubitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• zubi-begi (“span, arch of a bridge”)
• zubi-bular
• zubibide (“viaduct”)
• Zubieta
• zubigile
• zubigintza
• zubipe
• zubizain (“bridgekeeper”)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zubi (Cyrillic spelling зуби)

1. nominative/vocative plural of zub