hemeretzi
Basque
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| Cardinal: hemeretzi Ordinal: hemeretzigarren Fractional: hemeretziren | ||
Etymology
From hamar (“ten”) + bederatzi (“nine”), with loss of /b/ and reduction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hemeɾet͡s̻i/ [he.me.ɾe.t͡s̻i]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /emeɾet͡s̻i/ [e.me.ɾe.t͡s̻i]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ets̻i, -i
- Hyphenation: he‧me‧re‧tzi
Numeral
hemeretzi
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | hemeretzi | hemeretzia | hemeretziak | |
| ergative | hemeretzik | hemeretziak | hemeretziek | |
| dative | hemeretziri | hemeretziari | hemeretziei | |
| genitive | hemeretziren | hemeretziaren | hemeretzien | |
| comitative | hemeretzirekin | hemeretziarekin | hemeretziekin | |
| causative | hemeretzirengatik | hemeretziarengatik | hemeretziengatik | |
| benefactive | hemeretzirentzat | hemeretziarentzat | hemeretzientzat | |
| instrumental | hemeretziz | hemeretziaz | hemeretziez | |
| inessive | anim | hemeretzirengan | hemeretziarengan | hemeretziengan |
| inan | hemeretzitan | hemeretzian | hemeretzietan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | hemeretzitako | hemeretziko | hemeretzietako | |
| allative | anim | hemeretzirengana | hemeretziarengana | hemeretziengana |
| inan | hemeretzitara | hemeretzira | hemeretzietara | |
| terminative | anim | hemeretzirenganaino | hemeretziarenganaino | hemeretzienganaino |
| inan | hemeretzitaraino | hemeretziraino | hemeretzietaraino | |
| directive | anim | hemeretzirenganantz | hemeretziarenganantz | hemeretzienganantz |
| inan | hemeretzitarantz | hemeretzirantz | hemeretzietarantz | |
| destinative | anim | hemeretzirenganako | hemeretziarenganako | hemeretzienganako |
| inan | hemeretzitarako | hemeretzirako | hemeretzietarako | |
| ablative | anim | hemeretzirengandik | hemeretziarengandik | hemeretziengandik |
| inan | hemeretzitatik | hemeretzitik | hemeretzietatik | |
| partitive | hemeretzirik | — | — | |
| prolative | hemeretzitzat | — | — | |
Derived terms
- berrogeita hemeretzi (“fifty-nine”)
- hemeretzigarren (“nineteenth”)
- hemeretziko
- hemeretzina (“nineteen each”)
- hemeretzinaka (“in groups of nineteen”)
- hemeretzira (“nineteen each”)
- hemeretziraka (“in groups of nineteen”)
- hirurogeita hemeretzi (“seventy-nine”)
- hogeita hemeretzi (“thirty-nine”)
- laurogeita hemeretzi (“ninety-nine”)
Further reading
- “hemeretzi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “hemeretzi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005