zainurdin

Basque

Etymology

zain (“vein, nerve, artery”) +‎ urdin (“blue”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻aɲurdin/, [s̻a.ɲur.ð̞ĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /s̻ai̯nurdin/, [s̻ai̯.nur.ð̞ĩn]

Noun

zainurdin inan

1. vein

   Synonyms: zain, bena

Declension

Declension of zainurdin (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zainurdin	zainurdina	zainurdinak
ergative	zainurdinek	zainurdinak	zainurdinek
dative	zainurdini	zainurdinari	zainurdinei
genitive	zainurdinen	zainurdinaren	zainurdinen
comitative	zainurdinekin	zainurdinarekin	zainurdinekin
causative	zainurdinengatik	zainurdinarengatik	zainurdinengatik
benefactive	zainurdinentzat	zainurdinarentzat	zainurdinentzat
instrumental	zainurdinez	zainurdinaz	zainurdinez
inessive	zainurdinetan	zainurdinean	zainurdinetan
locative	zainurdinetako	zainurdineko	zainurdinetako
allative	zainurdinetara	zainurdinera	zainurdinetara
terminative	zainurdinetaraino	zainurdineraino	zainurdinetaraino
directive	zainurdinetarantz	zainurdinerantz	zainurdinetarantz
destinative	zainurdinetarako	zainurdinerako	zainurdinetarako
ablative	zainurdinetatik	zainurdinetik	zainurdinetatik
partitive	zainurdinik	—	—
prolative	zainurdintzat	—	—

Related terms

• zain
• zaingorri
• zaintxuri
• zainzuri

Further reading

• “zainurdin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005