denbora

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tempora, nominative plural of tempus (“time”), during the Middle Ages.[1] The "weather" sense is semantic loan from French temps and Spanish tiempo.

Noun

denbora inan

  1. time
  2. era, times
  3. (Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin, Navarrese) weather
  4. (grammar) tense
    Synonym: aldi

Declension
Declension of denbora (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive denbora denbora denborak
ergative denborak denborak denborek
dative denborari denborari denborei
genitive denboraren denboraren denboren
comitative denborarekin denborarekin denborekin
causative denborarengatik denborarengatik denborengatik
benefactive denborarentzat denborarentzat denborentzat
instrumental denboraz denboraz denborez
inessive denboratan denboran denboretan
locative denboratako denborako denboretako
allative denboratara denborara denboretara
terminative denborataraino denboraraino denboretaraino
directive denboratarantz denborarantz denboretarantz
destinative denboratarako denborarako denboretarako
ablative denboratatik denboratik denboretatik
partitive denborarik — —
prolative denboratzat — —

References
  1. “denbora” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

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