Britainia Handia
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /britai̯nia handia/ [bri.t̪ai̯.ni.a hãn̪.d̪i.a]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /britaɲia andia/ [bri.t̪a.ɲi.a ãn̪.d̪i.a]
- Hyphenation: Bri‧tai‧ni‧a Han‧di‧a
Proper noun
Britaina Handia inan
- Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)
- (loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
- Synonym: Erresuma Batua (“United Kingdom”)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | Britainia Handi | Britainia Handia |
| ergative | — | Britainia Handiak |
| dative | — | Britainia Handiari |
| genitive | — | Britainia Handiaren |
| comitative | — | Britainia Handiarekin |
| causative | — | Britainia Handiarengatik |
| benefactive | — | Britainia Handiarentzat |
| instrumental | — | Britainia Handiaz |
| inessive | — | Britainia Handian |
| locative | — | Britainia Handiko |
| allative | — | Britainia Handira |
| terminative | — | Britainia Handiraino |
| directive | — | Britainia Handirantz |
| destinative | — | Britainia Handirako |
| ablative | — | Britainia Handitik |
| partitive | Britainia Handirik | — |
| prolative | Britainia Handitzat | — |
Further reading
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019