haitz

Basque

Alternative forms

• aitz (Gipuzkoan, Souletin, Navarrese)
• atx (Biscayan, Navarro-Lapurdian)

Etymology

The superficial similarity between this word and the words aizto (“knife”), aitzur (“hoe”), aiztur (“scissors”) and aizkora (“ax”) was taken by some as an indication that the language dated to the Neolithic, when those tools would have been made of stone, but Trask dismisses this idea on the grounds that Roncalese has a nasal in ai(n)zto and ai(n)tzur but not in haitz. Aizkora actually comes from Latin.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hai̯t͡s̻/ [hai̯t͡s̻]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ai̯t͡s̻/ [ai̯t͡s̻]
• Rhymes: -ai̯ts̻
• Hyphenation: haitz

Noun

haitz inan

1. stone, rock

Declension

Declension of haitz (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	haitz	haitza	haitzak
ergative	haitzek	haitzak	haitzek
dative	haitzi	haitzari	haitzei
genitive	haitzen	haitzaren	haitzen
comitative	haitzekin	haitzarekin	haitzekin
causative	haitzengatik	haitzarengatik	haitzengatik
benefactive	haitzentzat	haitzarentzat	haitzentzat
instrumental	haitzez	haitzaz	haitzez
inessive	haitzetan	haitzean	haitzetan
locative	haitzetako	haitzeko	haitzetako
allative	haitzetara	haitzera	haitzetara
terminative	haitzetaraino	haitzeraino	haitzetaraino
directive	haitzetarantz	haitzerantz	haitzetarantz
destinative	haitzetarako	haitzerako	haitzetarako
ablative	haitzetatik	haitzetik	haitzetatik
partitive	haitzik	—	—
prolative	haiztzat	—	—

Synonyms

• harri

Further reading

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