haitz

Basque

Alternative forms

Etymology

The superficial similarity between this word and the words aizto (“knife”), aitzur (“hoe”), aiztur (“scissors”) and aizkora (“ax”) was taken by some as an indication that the language dated to the Neolithic, when those tools would have been made of stone,[1][2] but Trask dismisses this idea on the grounds that Roncalese has a nasal in ai(n)zto and ai(n)tzur but not in haitz.[3] Aizkora actually comes from Latin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ai̯t͡s̻/, [ai̯t͡s̻]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hai̯t͡s̻/, [ɦai̯t͡s̻]

Noun

haitz inan

  1. stone, rock

Declension
Declension of haitz (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive haitz haitza haitzak
ergative haitzek haitzak haitzek
dative haitzi haitzari haitzei
genitive haitzen haitzaren haitzen
comitative haitzekin haitzarekin haitzekin
causative haitzengatik haitzarengatik haitzengatik
benefactive haitzentzat haitzarentzat haitzentzat
instrumental haitzez haitzaz haitzez
inessive haitzetan haitzean haitzetan
locative haitzetako haitzeko haitzetako
allative haitzetara haitzera haitzetara
terminative haitzetaraino haitzeraino haitzetaraino
directive haitzetarantz haitzerantz haitzetarantz
destinative haitzetarako haitzerako haitzetarako
ablative haitzetatik haitzetik haitzetatik
partitive haitzik — —
prolative haiztzat — —

Synonyms

References
  1. Kelly Lipscomb, Spain (2005), page 457
  2. Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, volumes 52-56 (1942), page 90
  3. “haitz” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading
  • “haitz” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • "haitz" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
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