zaldi
Basque
Etymology
1226; from Proto-Basque *zaldi (“horse”), recorded in Ibero-Latin thieldo (Pliny, Natural History, 8:166).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̻aldi/, [s̻al̪.d̪i]
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Noun
zaldi anim
- horse
Declension
| Declension of zaldi (animate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | zaldi | zaldia | zaldiak |
| ergative | zaldik | zaldiak | zaldiek |
| dative | zaldiri | zaldiari | zaldiei |
| genitive | zaldiren | zaldiaren | zaldien |
| comitative | zaldirekin | zaldiarekin | zaldiekin |
| causative | zaldirengatik | zaldiarengatik | zaldiengatik |
| benefactive | zaldirentzat | zaldiarentzat | zaldientzat |
| instrumental | zaldiz | zaldiaz | zaldiez |
| inessive | zaldirengan | zaldiarengan | zaldiengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | zaldirengana | zaldiarengana | zaldiengana |
| terminative | zaldirenganaino | zaldiarenganaino | zaldienganaino |
| directive | zaldirenganantz | zaldiarenganantz | zaldienganantz |
| destinative | zaldirenganako | zaldiarenganako | zaldienganako |
| ablative | zaldirengandik | zaldiarengandik | zaldiengandik |
| partitive | zaldirik | — | — |
| prolative | zalditzat | — | — |
Synonyms
- zamari
Derived terms
- zaldun
- zaltoki
References
- Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 356
Further reading
- “zaldi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
- "zaldi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “zaldi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk