erdi
See also: Erdi
Basque
Etymology
| 20 | ||
| 2 | 3 → | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: bi Ordinal: bigarren Multiplier: bikoitz Fractional: erdi | ||
Unknown.[1] Often compared with Iberian erder (“half”).[2] For the meaning “to give birth”, compare the semantic field of Latin pars (“part”) and the correspondent verb parere (“to give birth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /erdi/, [e̞r.ð̞i]
Adverb
erdi (not comparable)
- half
- somewhat
Noun
erdi inan or anim
- (animate or inanimate) half
- (inanimate) middle, center
- (inanimate, nautical) a boat's centerline
Declension
| Declension of erdi (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
| absolutive | erdi | erdia | erdiak | |
| ergative | erdik | erdiak | erdiek | |
| dative | erdiri | erdiari | erdiei | |
| genitive | erdiren | erdiaren | erdien | |
| comitative | erdirekin | erdiarekin | erdiekin | |
| causative | erdirengatik | erdiarengatik | erdiengatik | |
| benefactive | erdirentzat | erdiarentzat | erdientzat | |
| instrumental | erdiz | erdiaz | erdiez | |
| inessive | anim. | erdirengan | erdiarengan | erdiengan |
| inanim. | erditan | erdian | erdietan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | erditako | erdiko | erdietako | |
| allative | anim. | erdirengana | erdiarengana | erdiengana |
| inanim. | erditara | erdira | erdietara | |
| terminative | anim. | erdirenganaino | erdiarenganaino | erdienganaino |
| inanim. | erditaraino | erdiraino | erdietaraino | |
| directive | anim. | erdirenganantz | erdiarenganantz | erdienganantz |
| inanim. | erditarantz | erdirantz | erdietarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | erdirenganako | erdiarenganako | erdienganako |
| inanim. | erditarako | erdirako | erdietarako | |
| ablative | anim. | erdirengandik | erdiarengandik | erdiengandik |
| inanim. | erditatik | erditik | erdietatik | |
| partitive | erdirik | — | — | |
| prolative | erditzat | — | — | |
Verb
erdi ? (present participle erditzen, future participle erdiko, short form erdi, verbal noun erditze)
- to give birth
- Synonym: erditu
References
- “erdi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- Orduña A., Eduardo (2011), “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
Further reading
- "erdi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “erdi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Turkish
Verb
erdi
- third-person singular indicative simple past of ermek