berdin

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /berdin/ [ber.ð̞ĩn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -erdin, -in
  • Hyphenation: ber‧din

Adjective

berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)

  1. same
    Astoak eta zaldiak ez dira berdinak.
    Donkeys and horses are not the same.
  2. flat, level
    Aitonak etxea oso lur berdinean eraiki zuen.
    My grandfather built the house on a very level terrain.

Declension

Declension of berdin (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive berdin berdina berdinak
ergative berdinek berdinak berdinek
dative berdini berdinari berdinei
genitive berdinen berdinaren berdinen
comitative berdinekin berdinarekin berdinekin
causative berdinengatik berdinarengatik berdinengatik
benefactive berdinentzat berdinarentzat berdinentzat
instrumental berdinez berdinaz berdinez
inessive anim berdinengan berdinarengan berdinengan
inan berdinetan berdinean berdinetan
locative anim — — —
inan berdinetako berdineko berdinetako
allative anim berdinengana berdinarengana berdinengana
inan berdinetara berdinera berdinetara
terminative anim berdinenganaino berdinarenganaino berdinenganaino
inan berdinetaraino berdineraino berdinetaraino
directive anim berdinenganantz berdinarenganantz berdinenganantz
inan berdinetarantz berdinerantz berdinetarantz
destinative anim berdinenganako berdinarenganako berdinenganako
inan berdinetarako berdinerako berdinetarako
ablative anim berdinengandik berdinarengandik berdinengandik
inan berdinetatik berdinetik berdinetatik
partitive berdinik — —
prolative berdintzat — —

Adverb

berdin (comparative berdinago, superlative berdinen, excessive berdinegi)

  1. equally, the same way
    Beti berdin portatzen da.
    (S)he always behaves the same way

Further reading

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