tirrin
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tirin/ [t̪i.rĩn]
- Rhymes: -irin, -in
- Hyphenation: ti‧rrin
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Ideophone
tirrin
Noun
tirrin inan
- alternative form of txirrin (“bell, handbell”)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | tirrin | tirrina | tirrinak |
| ergative | tirrinek | tirrinak | tirrinek |
| dative | tirrini | tirrinari | tirrinei |
| genitive | tirrinen | tirrinaren | tirrinen |
| comitative | tirrinekin | tirrinarekin | tirrinekin |
| causative | tirrinengatik | tirrinarengatik | tirrinengatik |
| benefactive | tirrinentzat | tirrinarentzat | tirrinentzat |
| instrumental | tirrinez | tirrinaz | tirrinez |
| inessive | tirrinetan | tirrinean | tirrinetan |
| locative | tirrinetako | tirrineko | tirrinetako |
| allative | tirrinetara | tirrinera | tirrinetara |
| terminative | tirrinetaraino | tirrineraino | tirrinetaraino |
| directive | tirrinetarantz | tirrinerantz | tirrinetarantz |
| destinative | tirrinetarako | tirrinerako | tirrinetarako |
| ablative | tirrinetatik | tirrinetik | tirrinetatik |
| partitive | tirrinik | — | — |
| prolative | tirrintzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- tirrinta (“the sound of a bell”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tirrin inan
- (vulgar) diarrhea
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | tirrin | tirrina | tirrinak |
| ergative | tirrinek | tirrinak | tirrinek |
| dative | tirrini | tirrinari | tirrinei |
| genitive | tirrinen | tirrinaren | tirrinen |
| comitative | tirrinekin | tirrinarekin | tirrinekin |
| causative | tirrinengatik | tirrinarengatik | tirrinengatik |
| benefactive | tirrinentzat | tirrinarentzat | tirrinentzat |
| instrumental | tirrinez | tirrinaz | tirrinez |
| inessive | tirrinetan | tirrinean | tirrinetan |
| locative | tirrinetako | tirrineko | tirrinetako |
| allative | tirrinetara | tirrinera | tirrinetara |
| terminative | tirrinetaraino | tirrineraino | tirrinetaraino |
| directive | tirrinetarantz | tirrinerantz | tirrinetarantz |
| destinative | tirrinetarako | tirrinerako | tirrinetarako |
| ablative | tirrinetatik | tirrinetik | tirrinetatik |
| partitive | tirrinik | — | — |
| prolative | tirrintzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “tirrin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “tirrin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005