ikurrin
Basque
Ikurrin
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]
Noun
ikurrin inan
- ikurriña; the flag of the Basque Country
Declension
| Declension of ikurrin (inanimate, ending in consonant) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | ikurrin | ikurrina | ikurrinak |
| ergative | ikurrinek | ikurrinak | ikurrinek |
| dative | ikurrini | ikurrinari | ikurrinei |
| genitive | ikurrinen | ikurrinaren | ikurrinen |
| comitative | ikurrinekin | ikurrinarekin | ikurrinekin |
| causative | ikurrinengatik | ikurrinarengatik | ikurrinengatik |
| benefactive | ikurrinentzat | ikurrinarentzat | ikurrinentzat |
| instrumental | ikurrinez | ikurrinaz | ikurrinez |
| inessive | ikurrinetan | ikurrinean | ikurrinetan |
| locative | ikurrinetako | ikurrineko | ikurrinetako |
| allative | ikurrinetara | ikurrinera | ikurrinetara |
| terminative | ikurrinetaraino | ikurrineraino | ikurrinetaraino |
| directive | ikurrinetarantz | ikurrinerantz | ikurrinetarantz |
| destinative | ikurrinetarako | ikurrinerako | ikurrinetarako |
| ablative | ikurrinetatik | ikurrinetik | ikurrinetatik |
| partitive | ikurrinik | — | — |
| prolative | ikurrintzat | — | — |
Synonyms
- (flag): bandera
Descendants
- → Spanish: ikurriña
- → English: ikurriña
References
- “ikurrin” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- Trask, Robert L. (1997) The History of Basque, Routledge, →ISBN, page 265
Further reading
- “ikurrin” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
- "ikurrin" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus