zilar
Basque
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *zirar.[1] Possibly related to Celtiberian silabur, Proto-Germanic *silubrą (whence English silver), Proto-Slavic *sьrebro, and Lithuanian sidãbras. This appears to be a prehistoric Wanderwort.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Southern) /s̻iʎar/, [s̻i.ʎar]
- IPA(key): (Northern) /s̻ilar/, [s̻i.lar]
Noun
zilar inan
- silver
Declension
| Declension of zilar (inanimate, singular only, ending in -r) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | zilar | zilarra | — |
| ergative | — | zilarrak | — |
| dative | — | zilarrari | — |
| genitive | — | zilarraren | — |
| comitative | — | zilarrarekin | — |
| causative | — | zilarrarengatik | — |
| benefactive | — | zilarrarentzat | — |
| instrumental | zilarrez | zilarraz | — |
| inessive | — | zilarrean | — |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | — | — | — |
| terminative | — | — | — |
| directive | — | — | — |
| destinative | — | — | — |
| ablative | — | — | — |
| partitive | zilarrik | — | — |
| prolative | zilartzat | — | — |
References
- “zilar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- "zilar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “zilar” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus