alde

See also: ALDE, aldé, and Alde

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *alte, probably related to albo (side).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alde/ [al̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -alde, -e
  • Hyphenation: al‧de

Interjection

alde!

  1. get out!, scram!

Noun

alde inan

  1. part, zone, side
    Gera zaitez nire aldean.Stay by my side.
  2. side (of paper, a card, a coin), heads (of a coin)
    Txanponek bi alde dituzte.Coins have two sides.
  3. difference, advantage
    Taldeak lau goleko aldea zuen.The team had a four goal advantage.

Declension

Declension of alde (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive alde aldea aldeak
ergative aldek aldeak aldeek
dative alderi aldeari aldeei
genitive alderen aldearen aldeen
comitative alderekin aldearekin aldeekin
causative alderengatik aldearengatik aldeengatik
benefactive alderentzat aldearentzat aldeentzat
instrumental aldez aldeaz aldeez
inessive aldetan aldean aldeetan
locative aldetako aldeko aldeetako
allative aldetara aldera aldeetara
terminative aldetaraino alderaino aldeetaraino
directive aldetarantz alderantz aldeetarantz
destinative aldetarako alderako aldeetarako
ablative aldetatik aldetik aldeetatik
partitive alderik
prolative aldetzat

Derived terms

  • alderdi
  • bordalde
  • hegoalde (south)
  • Hegoalde (Southern Basque Country)
  • herrialde
  • iparralde (north)
  • Iparralde (Northern Basque Country)
  • itsasalde (seaside, coast)
  • mendialde (mountains, inland countryside)
  • sukalde (kitchen)

Postposition

alde

  1. [with absolutive] around (time)
    hamabiak eta laurden aldeanaround quarter past twelve
  2. [with genitive] in favor of
    Noren alde zaude?Who's side are you on?

Usage notes

In the first sense, only the inflected forms aldean (inessive, literally on the side) and aldera (allative, literally to the side) are used. In the second sense, only the plain form is used.

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “*al-”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 85

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

aldē

  1. romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌴

Middle English

Noun

alde

  1. alternative form of adle

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëltē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈalːte/

Adverb

alde

  1. on, on top
  2. off, from the top

Alternative forms

Postposition

alde

  1. on, on top of
  2. off, from the top of

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɑldə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse aldin n.

Noun

alde f (definite singular alda, uncountable)

  1. fruit, especially from a garden

Etymology 2

From earlier and Old Norse alda.

Noun

alde f (definite singular alda, indefinite plural alder, definite plural aldene)

  1. (rare) a big ocean wave

Etymology 3

Verb

alde

  1. past tense of elja

References

Anagrams

Old High German

Conjunction

alde

  1. or

References

  • Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen