zemendi

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēmentis (“planting, seeding”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻emendi/ [s̻e.mẽn̪.d̪i]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻emendi/ [s̻e.mẽn̪.d̪i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺emendi/ [s̺e.mẽn̪.d̪i]

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• Rhymes: -endi, -i
• Hyphenation: ze‧men‧di

Noun

zemendi inan

1. (Biscayan, rare) November

   Synonyms: azaro (standard), hazil, gorotzil

Declension

Declension of zemendi (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zemendi	zemendia	zemendiak
ergative	zemendik	zemendiak	zemendiek
dative	zemendiri	zemendiari	zemendiei
genitive	zemendiren	zemendiaren	zemendien
comitative	zemendirekin	zemendiarekin	zemendiekin
causative	zemendirengatik	zemendiarengatik	zemendiengatik
benefactive	zemendirentzat	zemendiarentzat	zemendientzat
instrumental	zemendiz	zemendiaz	zemendiez
inessive	zemenditan	zemendian	zemendietan
locative	zemenditako	zemendiko	zemendietako
allative	zemenditara	zemendira	zemendietara
terminative	zemenditaraino	zemendiraino	zemendietaraino
directive	zemenditarantz	zemendirantz	zemendietarantz
destinative	zemenditarako	zemendirako	zemendietarako
ablative	zemenditatik	zemenditik	zemendietatik
partitive	zemendirik	—	—
prolative	zemenditzat	—	—

Further reading

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