bederatzi

Basque

Basque numbers (edit)
90
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    Cardinal: bederatzi
    Ordinal: bederatzigarren
    Distributive: bederatzina
    Fractional: bederatziren

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Basque *bederatzu (“nine”), likely containing *bade (“one”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bedeɾat͡s̻i/ [be.ð̞e.ɾa.t͡s̻i]
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  • Rhymes: -ats̻i
  • Hyphenation: be‧de‧ra‧tzi

Numeral

bederatzi

  1. nine

Declension

Derived terms

  • bederatziehun (“nine hundred”)
  • bederatzigarren (“ninth”)
  • bederatzigarrenez (“for the ninth time”)
  • bederatzigarrengo (“ninth”)
  • bederatziko (“group of nine”)
  • bederatzina (“nine each”)
  • bederatzinaka (“in groups of nine”)
  • bederatzira (“nine each”)
  • bederatziraka (“in groups of nine”)
  • bederatziren (“ninth”)
  • bederatziurren (“novena”)

References

  1. Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 134
  2. “bederatzi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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