itsasadar

Basque

FWOTD – 10 November 2024

Etymology

From itsas (combining form of itsaso (“sea”)) +‎ adar (“branch”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /it͡s̺as̺adar/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺a.ð̞ar]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺adar/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺a.ð̞ar]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺adar/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺a.ð̞ar]

• Rhymes: -adar, -ar
• Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧sa‧dar

Noun

itsasadar inan

1. estuary
   • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎^[1], La Rochelle, Acteac 27:39:

     Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itſas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.

     [Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden.]

     And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. – KJV

Declension

Declension of itsasadar (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	itsasadar	itsasadarra	itsasadarrak
ergative	itsasadarrek	itsasadarrak	itsasadarrek
dative	itsasadarri	itsasadarrari	itsasadarrei
genitive	itsasadarren	itsasadarraren	itsasadarren
comitative	itsasadarrekin	itsasadarrarekin	itsasadarrekin
causative	itsasadarrengatik	itsasadarrarengatik	itsasadarrengatik
benefactive	itsasadarrentzat	itsasadarrarentzat	itsasadarrentzat
instrumental	itsasadarrez	itsasadarraz	itsasadarrez
inessive	itsasadarretan	itsasadarrean	itsasadarretan
locative	itsasadarretako	itsasadarreko	itsasadarretako
allative	itsasadarretara	itsasadarrera	itsasadarretara
terminative	itsasadarretaraino	itsasadarreraino	itsasadarretaraino
directive	itsasadarretarantz	itsasadarrerantz	itsasadarretarantz
destinative	itsasadarretarako	itsasadarrerako	itsasadarretarako
ablative	itsasadarretatik	itsasadarretik	itsasadarretatik
partitive	itsasadarrik	—	—
prolative	itsasadartzat	—	—

Further reading

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