haitz
Basque
Alternative forms
- aitz (Gipuzkoan, Souletin, Upper Navarrese)
- atx (Biscayan, Navarro-Lapurdian)
Etymology
The superficial similarity between this word and the words aizto (“knife”), aitzur (“hoe”), aiztur (“scissors”) and aizkora (“ax”) was taken by some as an indication that the language dated to the Neolithic, when those tools would have been made of stone,[1][2] but Trask dismisses this idea on the grounds that Roncalese has a nasal in ai(n)zto and ai(n)tzur but not in haitz.[3] Aizkora actually comes from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /ai̯t͡s̻/, [ai̯t͡s̻]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /hai̯t͡s̻/, [ɦai̯t͡s̻]
Noun
haitz inan
- stone, rock
Declension
Declension of haitz (inanimate, ending in consonant) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | haitz | haitza | haitzak |
ergative | haitzek | haitzak | haitzek |
dative | haitzi | haitzari | haitzei |
genitive | haitzen | haitzaren | haitzen |
comitative | haitzekin | haitzarekin | haitzekin |
causative | haitzengatik | haitzarengatik | haitzengatik |
benefactive | haitzentzat | haitzarentzat | haitzentzat |
instrumental | haitzez | haitzaz | haitzez |
inessive | haitzetan | haitzean | haitzetan |
locative | haitzetako | haitzeko | haitzetako |
allative | haitzetara | haitzera | haitzetara |
terminative | haitzetaraino | haitzeraino | haitzetaraino |
directive | haitzetarantz | haitzerantz | haitzetarantz |
destinative | haitzetarako | haitzerako | haitzetarako |
ablative | haitzetatik | haitzetik | haitzetatik |
partitive | haitzik | — | — |
prolative | haiztzat | — | — |
Synonyms
- harri
References
- Kelly Lipscomb, Spain (2005), page 457
- Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, volumes 52-56 (1942), page 90
- “haitz” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- “haitz” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
- "haitz" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus