zaldi

Basque

Etymology

1226; from Proto-Basque *zaldi (“horse”), recorded in Ibero-Latin thieldo (Pliny, Natural History, 8:166).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻aldi/ [s̻al̪.d̪i]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻aldi/ [s̻al̪.d̪i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺aldi/ [s̺al̪.d̪i]

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• Rhymes: -aldi, -i
• Hyphenation: zal‧di

Noun

zaldi anim

1. horse

Declension

Declension of zaldi (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zaldi	zaldia	zaldiak
ergative	zaldik	zaldiak	zaldiek
dative	zaldiri	zaldiari	zaldiei
genitive	zaldiren	zaldiaren	zaldien
comitative	zaldirekin	zaldiarekin	zaldiekin
causative	zaldirengatik	zaldiarengatik	zaldiengatik
benefactive	zaldirentzat	zaldiarentzat	zaldientzat
instrumental	zaldiz	zaldiaz	zaldiez
inessive	zaldirengan	zaldiarengan	zaldiengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	zaldirengana	zaldiarengana	zaldiengana
terminative	zaldirenganaino	zaldiarenganaino	zaldienganaino
directive	zaldirenganantz	zaldiarenganantz	zaldienganantz
destinative	zaldirenganako	zaldiarenganako	zaldienganako
ablative	zaldirengandik	zaldiarengandik	zaldiengandik
partitive	zaldirik	—	—
prolative	zalditzat	—	—

Synonyms

• zamari

Derived terms

• zaldun
• zaltoki

Further reading

• “zaldi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “zaldi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “zaldi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk