berdin
Basque
Alternative forms
- bardin (Biscayan)
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /berdin/, [be̞r.ð̞ĩn]
Adjective
berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)
- same
- Astoak eta zaldiak ez dira berdinak.
- Donkeys and horses are not the same.
- flat, level
- Aitonak etxea oso lur berdinean eraiki zuen.
- My grandfather built the house on a very level terrain.
Declension
| Declension of berdin (adjective, ending in consonant) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
| absolutive | berdin | berdina | berdinak | |
| ergative | berdinek | berdinak | berdinek | |
| dative | berdini | berdinari | berdinei | |
| genitive | berdinen | berdinaren | berdinen | |
| comitative | berdinekin | berdinarekin | berdinekin | |
| causative | berdinengatik | berdinarengatik | berdinengatik | |
| benefactive | berdinentzat | berdinarentzat | berdinentzat | |
| instrumental | berdinez | berdinaz | berdinez | |
| inessive | anim. | berdinengan | berdinarengan | berdinengan |
| inanim. | berdinetan | berdinean | berdinetan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | berdinetako | berdineko | berdinetako | |
| allative | anim. | berdinengana | berdinarengana | berdinengana |
| inanim. | berdinetara | berdinera | berdinetara | |
| terminative | anim. | berdinenganaino | berdinarenganaino | berdinenganaino |
| inanim. | berdinetaraino | berdineraino | berdinetaraino | |
| directive | anim. | berdinenganantz | berdinarenganantz | berdinenganantz |
| inanim. | berdinetarantz | berdinerantz | berdinetarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | berdinenganako | berdinarenganako | berdinenganako |
| inanim. | berdinetarako | berdinerako | berdinetarako | |
| ablative | anim. | berdinengandik | berdinarengandik | berdinengandik |
| inanim. | berdinetatik | berdinetik | berdinetatik | |
| partitive | berdinik | — | — | |
| prolative | berdintzat | — | — | |
Adverb
berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)
- equally, the same way
- Beti berdin portatzen da.
- (S)he always behaves the same way
Further reading
- "berdin" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “berdin” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus