itsasargi

Basque

Etymology

From itsaso (“sea”) +‎ argi (“light”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /it͡s̺as̺arɡi/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺ar.ɣ̞i]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /it͡s̺as̺arɡi/ [i.t͡s̺a.s̺ar.ɣ̞i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /it͡s̻as̺arɡi/ [i.t͡s̻a.s̺ar.ɣ̞i]

• Rhymes: -arɡi, -i
• Hyphenation: i‧tsa‧sar‧gi

Noun

itsasargi inan

1. lighthouse

Declension

Declension of itsasargi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	itsasargi	itsasargia	itsasargiak
ergative	itsasargik	itsasargiak	itsasargiek
dative	itsasargiri	itsasargiari	itsasargiei
genitive	itsasargiren	itsasargiaren	itsasargien
comitative	itsasargirekin	itsasargiarekin	itsasargiekin
causative	itsasargirengatik	itsasargiarengatik	itsasargiengatik
benefactive	itsasargirentzat	itsasargiarentzat	itsasargientzat
instrumental	itsasargiz	itsasargiaz	itsasargiez
inessive	itsasargitan	itsasargian	itsasargietan
locative	itsasargitako	itsasargiko	itsasargietako
allative	itsasargitara	itsasargira	itsasargietara
terminative	itsasargitaraino	itsasargiraino	itsasargietaraino
directive	itsasargitarantz	itsasargirantz	itsasargietarantz
destinative	itsasargitarako	itsasargirako	itsasargietarako
ablative	itsasargitatik	itsasargitik	itsasargietatik
partitive	itsasargirik	—	—
prolative	itsasargitzat	—	—

Further reading

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