herri

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)eRi (“town, inhabited place, people, nation”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /heri/ [he.ri]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eri/ [e.ri]
• Rhymes: -eri, -i
• Hyphenation: he‧rri

Noun

herri inan or anim

1. (inanimate) village, town
2. (animate) people, nation
3. (inanimate) country

   Euskal Herria

   Basque Country

Declension

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

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		herri	herria	herriak
ergative		herrik	herriak	herriek
dative		herriri	herriari	herriei
genitive		herriren	herriaren	herrien
comitative		herrirekin	herriarekin	herriekin
causative		herrirengatik	herriarengatik	herriengatik
benefactive		herrirentzat	herriarentzat	herrientzat
instrumental		herriz	herriaz	herriez
inessive	anim	herrirengan	herriarengan	herriengan
	inan	herritan	herrian	herrietan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	herritako	herriko	herrietako
allative	anim	herrirengana	herriarengana	herriengana
	inan	herritara	herrira	herrietara
terminative	anim	herrirenganaino	herriarenganaino	herrienganaino
	inan	herritaraino	herriraino	herrietaraino
directive	anim	herrirenganantz	herriarenganantz	herrienganantz
	inan	herritarantz	herrirantz	herrietarantz
destinative	anim	herrirenganako	herriarenganako	herrienganako
	inan	herritarako	herrirako	herrietarako
ablative	anim	herrirengandik	herriarengandik	herriengandik
	inan	herritatik	herritik	herrietatik
partitive		herririk	—	—
prolative		herritzat	—	—

References

• *her̄i in starling.rinet.ru database

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛrːɪ

Noun

herri m (genitive singular herra, nominative plural herrar)

1. Obsolete form of herra.

Declension

Declension of herri (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	herri	herrinn	herrar	herrarnir
accusative	herra	herrann	herra	herrana
dative	herra	herranum	herrum	herrunum
genitive	herra	herrans	herra	herranna