hemeretzi

Basque

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Cardinal: hemeretzi     Ordinal: hemeretzigarren     Fractional: hemeretziren

Etymology

From hamar (“ten”) +‎ bederatzi (“nine”), with loss of /b/ and reduction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hemeɾet͡s̻i/ [he.me.ɾe.t͡s̻i]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /emeɾet͡s̻i/ [e.me.ɾe.t͡s̻i]

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• Rhymes: -ets̻i, -i
• Hyphenation: he‧me‧re‧tzi

Numeral

hemeretzi

1. nineteen

Declension

Declension of hemeretzi (numeral, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		hemeretzi	hemeretzia	hemeretziak
ergative		hemeretzik	hemeretziak	hemeretziek
dative		hemeretziri	hemeretziari	hemeretziei
genitive		hemeretziren	hemeretziaren	hemeretzien
comitative		hemeretzirekin	hemeretziarekin	hemeretziekin
causative		hemeretzirengatik	hemeretziarengatik	hemeretziengatik
benefactive		hemeretzirentzat	hemeretziarentzat	hemeretzientzat
instrumental		hemeretziz	hemeretziaz	hemeretziez
inessive	anim	hemeretzirengan	hemeretziarengan	hemeretziengan
	inan	hemeretzitan	hemeretzian	hemeretzietan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	hemeretzitako	hemeretziko	hemeretzietako
allative	anim	hemeretzirengana	hemeretziarengana	hemeretziengana
	inan	hemeretzitara	hemeretzira	hemeretzietara
terminative	anim	hemeretzirenganaino	hemeretziarenganaino	hemeretzienganaino
	inan	hemeretzitaraino	hemeretziraino	hemeretzietaraino
directive	anim	hemeretzirenganantz	hemeretziarenganantz	hemeretzienganantz
	inan	hemeretzitarantz	hemeretzirantz	hemeretzietarantz
destinative	anim	hemeretzirenganako	hemeretziarenganako	hemeretzienganako
	inan	hemeretzitarako	hemeretzirako	hemeretzietarako
ablative	anim	hemeretzirengandik	hemeretziarengandik	hemeretziengandik
	inan	hemeretzitatik	hemeretzitik	hemeretzietatik
partitive		hemeretzirik	—	—
prolative		hemeretzitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• berrogeita hemeretzi (“fifty-nine”)
• hemeretzigarren (“nineteenth”)
• hemeretziko
• hemeretzina (“nineteen each”)
• hemeretzinaka (“in groups of nineteen”)
• hemeretzira (“nineteen each”)
• hemeretziraka (“in groups of nineteen”)
• hirurogeita hemeretzi (“seventy-nine”)
• hogeita hemeretzi (“thirty-nine”)
• laurogeita hemeretzi (“ninety-nine”)

Further reading

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