ibai

Basque

Alternative forms

hibai (Navarro-Lapurdian, Biscayan)

Etymology

Possibly influenced by ibar (“valley”) plus a suffix *-i,^[1]^[2] or contaminated by ibi (“ford”). On the other hand, Lakarra proposes a compound of Proto-Basque *hur (“water”) +‎ *bani (“cut, interrupted”).^[3]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ibai̯/, [i.β̞ai̯]

Noun

ibai inan

river
Donostian, Urumea ibaia Kontxa hondartza eta Urgull mendiaren artean itsasoratzen da.
In San Sebastián, the Urumea river flows into the sea between the Concha beach and the Urgull mountain.

Declension

Declension of ibai (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ibai	ibaia	ibaiak
ergative	ibaik	ibaiak	ibaiek
dative	ibairi	ibaiari	ibaiei
genitive	ibairen	ibaiaren	ibaien
comitative	ibairekin	ibaiarekin	ibaiekin
causative	ibairengatik	ibaiarengatik	ibaiengatik
benefactive	ibairentzat	ibaiarentzat	ibaientzat
instrumental	ibaiz	ibaiaz	ibaiez
inessive	ibaitan	ibaian	ibaietan
locative	ibaitako	ibaiko	ibaietako
allative	ibaitara	ibaira	ibaietara
terminative	ibaitaraino	ibairaino	ibaietaraino
directive	ibaitarantz	ibairantz	ibaietarantz
destinative	ibaitarako	ibairako	ibaietarako
ablative	ibaitatik	ibaitik	ibaietatik
partitive	ibairik	—	—
prolative	ibaitzat	—	—

Derived terms

References

^ “ibai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
^ “ibai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
^ Lakarra, Joseba A. (2013) “Gramática histórica vasca o vasco-iberismo”, in Paleohispanica‎^[1], volume 13, page 578 of 567–592

Gothic

Romanization

ibai

Romanization of 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹

[1] “ibai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

[2] “ibai” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

[3] Lakarra, Joseba A. (2013) “Gramática histórica vasca o vasco-iberismo”, in Paleohispanica‎^[1], volume 13, page 578 of 567–592

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