erdi

See also: Erdi

Basque

Etymology

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Cardinal: bi     Ordinal: bigarren     Multiplier: bikoitz     Distributive: bina     Collective: bikote     Fractional: erdi

Unknown. Often compared with Iberian erder (“half”) or Iberian erdi. For the meaning “to give birth”, compare the semantic field of Latin pars (“part”) and the correspondent verb parere (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /erdi/ [er.ð̞i]
• Rhymes: -erdi, -i
• Hyphenation: er‧di

Adverb

erdi (not comparable)

1. half
2. somewhat

Noun

erdi inan or anim

1. (animate or inanimate) half
2. (inanimate) middle, center
3. (inanimate, nautical) a boat's centerline

Declension

Declension of erdi (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		erdi	erdia	erdiak
ergative		erdik	erdiak	erdiek
dative		erdiri	erdiari	erdiei
genitive		erdiren	erdiaren	erdien
comitative		erdirekin	erdiarekin	erdiekin
causative		erdirengatik	erdiarengatik	erdiengatik
benefactive		erdirentzat	erdiarentzat	erdientzat
instrumental		erdiz	erdiaz	erdiez
inessive	anim	erdirengan	erdiarengan	erdiengan
	inan	erditan	erdian	erdietan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	erditako	erdiko	erdietako
allative	anim	erdirengana	erdiarengana	erdiengana
	inan	erditara	erdira	erdietara
terminative	anim	erdirenganaino	erdiarenganaino	erdienganaino
	inan	erditaraino	erdiraino	erdietaraino
directive	anim	erdirenganantz	erdiarenganantz	erdienganantz
	inan	erditarantz	erdirantz	erdietarantz
destinative	anim	erdirenganako	erdiarenganako	erdienganako
	inan	erditarako	erdirako	erdietarako
ablative	anim	erdirengandik	erdiarengandik	erdiengandik
	inan	erditatik	erditik	erdietatik
partitive		erdirik	—	—
prolative		erditzat	—	—

Verb

erdi da (imperfect participle erditzen, future participle erdiko, short form erdi, verbal noun erditze)

1. to give birth

   Synonym: erditu

Further reading

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

Iberian

Alternative forms

• erti
• erder

Etymology

Certainly connected to Basque erdi, see above.

Noun

erdi

1. half

   erdi ge tor kal is

   half for each increase

References

• Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Turkish

Verb

erdi

1. third-person singular indicative simple past of ermek