ikasi

See also: ikäsi

Basque

Etymology

Unknown.^[1] Can be related to Iberian kas (“knowledge, experience”)^[2]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ikas̺i/ [i.ka.s̺i]
Rhymes: -as̺i, -i
Hyphenation: i‧ka‧si

Verb

ikasi du (imperfect participle ikasten, future participle ikasiko, short form ikas, verbal noun ikaste)

to learn
to study

Derived terms

ikasbide (“teaching”)
ikasgai (“lesson”)
ikasgela (“classroom”)
ikasketa (“study, studies”)
ikaskide (“classmate”)
ikaskuntza (“studying”)
ikasle (“student”)
ikasleria (“student body”)
ikasliburu (“textbook”)
ikasmahai (“school desk”)
ikastaldi (“course”)
ikastaro (“course”)
ikastegi (“school”)
ikastetxe (“school”)
ikastola (“Basque-language school”)
ikastordu (“schooltime”)
ikastun (“apprentice”)
ikasturte (“academic year”)

Adjective

ikasi (comparative ikasiago, superlative ikasien, excessive ikasiegi)

learned, studied

Declension

Declension of *ikasi* (adjective, ending in vowel)
		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		ikasi	ikasia	ikasiak
ergative		ikasik	ikasiak	ikasiek
dative		ikasiri	ikasiari	ikasiei
genitive		ikasiren	ikasiaren	ikasien
comitative		ikasirekin	ikasiarekin	ikasiekin
causative		ikasirengatik	ikasiarengatik	ikasiengatik
benefactive		ikasirentzat	ikasiarentzat	ikasientzat
instrumental		ikasiz	ikasiaz	ikasiez
inessive	anim	ikasirengan	ikasiarengan	ikasiengan
inessive	inan	ikasitan	ikasian	ikasietan
locative	anim	—	—	—
locative	inan	ikasitako	ikasiko	ikasietako
allative	anim	ikasirengana	ikasiarengana	ikasiengana
allative	inan	ikasitara	ikasira	ikasietara
terminative	anim	ikasirenganaino	ikasiarenganaino	ikasienganaino
terminative	inan	ikasitaraino	ikasiraino	ikasietaraino
directive	anim	ikasirenganantz	ikasiarenganantz	ikasienganantz
directive	inan	ikasitarantz	ikasirantz	ikasietarantz
destinative	anim	ikasirenganako	ikasiarenganako	ikasienganako
destinative	inan	ikasitarako	ikasirako	ikasietarako
ablative	anim	ikasirengandik	ikasiarengandik	ikasiengandik
ablative	inan	ikasitatik	ikasitik	ikasietatik
partitive		ikasirik	—	—
prolative		ikasitzat	—	—

References

^ R. L. Trask (2008) “ikasi”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 221
^ Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Further reading

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