denbora

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tempora, nominative plural of tempus (“time”), during the Middle Ages. The "weather" sense is semantic loan from French temps and Spanish tiempo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

denbora inan

1. time
2. era, times
3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin, Navarrese) weather
4. (grammar) tense

   Synonym: aldi

Declension

Declension of denbora (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	denbora	denbora	denborak
ergative	denborak	denborak	denborek
dative	denborari	denborari	denborei
genitive	denboraren	denboraren	denboren
comitative	denborarekin	denborarekin	denborekin
causative	denborarengatik	denborarengatik	denborengatik
benefactive	denborarentzat	denborarentzat	denborentzat
instrumental	denboraz	denboraz	denborez
inessive	denboratan	denboran	denboretan
locative	denboratako	denborako	denboretako
allative	denboratara	denborara	denboretara
terminative	denborataraino	denboraraino	denboretaraino
directive	denboratarantz	denborarantz	denboretarantz
destinative	denboratarako	denborarako	denboretarako
ablative	denboratatik	denboratik	denboretatik
partitive	denborarik	—	—
prolative	denboratzat	—	—

Further reading

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