zortzi
Appearance
Basque
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Cardinal: zortzi Ordinal: zortzigarren Multiplier: zortzikoitz Distributive: zortzina Collective: zortzikote Fractional: zortziren |
Alternative forms
[edit]- zorzi (Alavese)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Basque *zortzi (“eight”).[1] Often compared with Iberian sorse (“eight”).[2]
Pronunciation
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Numeral
[edit]zortzi
Declension
[edit]Declension of zortzi (numeral, ending in vowel)
Derived terms
[edit]- zortzialdi
- zortziehun (“eight hundred”)
- zortzigarren (“eighth”)
- zortzigarrenez (“for the eighth time”)
- zortzigarrengo (“eight”)
- zortziko
- zortziko handi
- zortziko nagusi
- zortziko txiki
- zortzikote
- zortzimilako
- zortzina (“eight each”)
- zortzinaka (“in groups of eight”)
- zortzira (“eight each”)
- zortzirazka (“in groups of eight”)
- zortziren (“eighth”)
- zortzitan (“eight times”)
- zortziurren
References
[edit]- ^ “zortzi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
Further reading
[edit]- “zortzi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
- “zortzi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia