a itsatsi

Basque

Etymology

From a +‎ itsatsi (“attached”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a it͡s̺at͡s̺i/ [a i.t͡s̺a.t͡s̺i]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /a it͡s̺at͡s̺i/ [a i.t͡s̺a.t͡s̺i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /a it͡s̻at͡s̻i/ [a i.t͡s̻a.t͡s̻i]

• Hyphenation: a i‧tsa‧tsi

Noun

a itsatsi inan

1. (linguistics) The final letter of nouns ending in -a in the absolutive indefinite, as opposed to the article -a.

   "Neska" hitzak a itsatsia dauka. ― The word "neska" [girl] has an organic a.

Declension

Declension of a itsatsi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	a itsatsi	a itsatsia	a itsatsiak
ergative	a itsatsik	a itsatsiak	a itsatsiek
dative	a itsatsiri	a itsatsiari	a itsatsiei
genitive	a itsatsiren	a itsatsiaren	a itsatsien
comitative	a itsatsirekin	a itsatsiarekin	a itsatsiekin
causative	a itsatsirengatik	a itsatsiarengatik	a itsatsiengatik
benefactive	a itsatsirentzat	a itsatsiarentzat	a itsatsientzat
instrumental	a itsatsiz	a itsatsiaz	a itsatsiez
inessive	a itsatsitan	a itsatsian	a itsatsietan
locative	a itsatsitako	a itsatsiko	a itsatsietako
allative	a itsatsitara	a itsatsira	a itsatsietara
terminative	a itsatsitaraino	a itsatsiraino	a itsatsietaraino
directive	a itsatsitarantz	a itsatsirantz	a itsatsietarantz
destinative	a itsatsitarako	a itsatsirako	a itsatsietarako
ablative	a itsatsitatik	a itsatsitik	a itsatsietatik
partitive	a itsatsirik	—	—
prolative	a itsatsitzat	—	—

Further reading

• “a itsatsi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]