harea

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin harēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /haɾea/ [ha.ɾe.a]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /aɾea/ [a.ɾe.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea, -a
  • Hyphenation: ha‧re‧a

Noun

harea inan

  1. sand
    Synonym: hondar

Declension

Declension of harea (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive harea harea hareak
ergative hareak hareak hareek
dative hareari hareari hareei
genitive harearen harearen hareen
comitative harearekin harearekin hareekin
causative harearengatik harearengatik hareengatik
benefactive harearentzat harearentzat hareentzat
instrumental hareaz hareaz hareez
inessive hareatan harean hareetan
locative hareatako hareako hareetako
allative hareatara hareara hareetara
terminative hareataraino harearaino hareetaraino
directive hareatarantz harearantz hareetarantz
destinative hareatarako harearako hareetarako
ablative hareatatik hareatik hareetatik
partitive harearik
prolative hareatzat

Derived terms

  • harea-erloju
  • harea-lur
  • hareatsu (sandy)
  • hareatza (sand field)
  • hareharri

Further reading

  • harea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • harea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • R. L. Trask (2008) “harea”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 103