herri

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)eRi (“town, inhabited place, people, nation”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /heri/ [he.ri]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /eri/ [e.ri]
  • Rhymes: -eri, -i
  • Hyphenation: he‧rri

Noun

herri inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) village, town
  2. (animate) people, nation
  3. (inanimate) country
    Euskal Herria
    Basque Country

Declension

Declension of herri (animate and inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive herri herria herriak
ergative herrik herriak herriek
dative herriri herriari herriei
genitive herriren herriaren herrien
comitative herrirekin herriarekin herriekin
causative herrirengatik herriarengatik herriengatik
benefactive herrirentzat herriarentzat herrientzat
instrumental herriz herriaz herriez
inessive anim herrirengan herriarengan herriengan
inan herritan herrian herrietan
locative anim — — —
inan herritako herriko herrietako
allative anim herrirengana herriarengana herriengana
inan herritara herrira herrietara
terminative anim herrirenganaino herriarenganaino herrienganaino
inan herritaraino herriraino herrietaraino
directive anim herrirenganantz herriarenganantz herrienganantz
inan herritarantz herrirantz herrietarantz
destinative anim herrirenganako herriarenganako herrienganako
inan herritarako herrirako herrietarako
ablative anim herrirengandik herriarengandik herriengandik
inan herritatik herritik herrietatik
partitive herririk — —
prolative herritzat — —

References

  • *her̄i in starling.rinet.ru database

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛrːɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɛrːɪ

Noun

herri m (genitive singular herra, nominative plural herrar)

  1. obsolete form of herra

Declension

Declension of herri (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative herri herrinn herrar herrarnir
accusative herra herrann herra herrana
dative herra herranum herrum herrunum
genitive herra herrans herra herranna
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