zaldun

Basque

Etymology

From zaldi (“horse”) +‎ -dun. First attested in 1125 as the surname Aner Ssalduna in the Cartulary of Sorde .

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻aldun/ [s̻al̪.d̪ũn]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻aldun/ [s̻al̪.d̪ũn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺aldun/ [s̺al̪.d̪ũn]

• Rhymes: -aldun, -un
• Hyphenation: zal‧dun

Noun

zaldun anim

1. knight

Declension

Declension of zaldun (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zaldun	zalduna	zaldunak
ergative	zaldunek	zaldunak	zaldunek
dative	zalduni	zaldunari	zaldunei
genitive	zaldunen	zaldunaren	zaldunen
comitative	zaldunekin	zaldunarekin	zaldunekin
causative	zaldunengatik	zaldunarengatik	zaldunengatik
benefactive	zaldunentzat	zaldunarentzat	zaldunentzat
instrumental	zaldunez	zaldunaz	zaldunez
inessive	zaldunengan	zaldunarengan	zaldunengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	zaldunengana	zaldunarengana	zaldunengana
terminative	zaldunenganaino	zaldunarenganaino	zaldunenganaino
directive	zaldunenganantz	zaldunarenganantz	zaldunenganantz
destinative	zaldunenganako	zaldunarenganako	zaldunenganako
ablative	zaldunengandik	zaldunarengandik	zaldunengandik
partitive	zaldunik	—	—
prolative	zalduntzat	—	—

Synonyms

• zamaldun

Derived terms

• zaldunbide
• zaldunde
• zalduntasun

Further reading

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