berdin

Basque

Alternative forms

• bardin (Biscayan)

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /berdin/, [be̞r.ð̞ĩn]

Adjective

berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)

1. same

   Astoak eta zaldiak ez dira berdinak.

   Donkeys and horses are not the same.

2. 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
	inan	berdinetan	berdinean	berdinetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	berdinetako	berdineko	berdinetako
allative	anim	berdinengana	berdinarengana	berdinengana
	inan	berdinetara	berdinera	berdinetara
terminative	anim	berdinenganaino	berdinarenganaino	berdinenganaino
	inan	berdinetaraino	berdineraino	berdinetaraino
directive	anim	berdinenganantz	berdinarenganantz	berdinenganantz
	inan	berdinetarantz	berdinerantz	berdinetarantz
destinative	anim	berdinenganako	berdinarenganako	berdinenganako
	inan	berdinetarako	berdinerako	berdinetarako
ablative	anim	berdinengandik	berdinarengandik	berdinengandik
	inan	berdinetatik	berdinetik	berdinetatik
partitive		berdinik	—	—
prolative		berdintzat	—	—

Adverb

berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)

1. 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “berdin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005