hiztegi

Basque

Etymology

From hitz (“word”) +‎ -tegi (“place of”), with regular reduction of affricate to fricative.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /his̻teɡi/ [his̻.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /is̻teɡi/ [is̻.t̪e.ɣ̞i]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /is̺teɡi/ [is̺.t̪e.ɣ̞i]

  • Rhymes: -eɡi
  • Hyphenation: hiz‧te‧gi

Noun

hiztegi inan

  1. dictionary
  2. lexicon (the vocabulary of a language)
  3. lexicon (the vocabulary used by an individual)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • hiztegi entziklopediko (“encyclopedic dictionary”)
  • hiztegigile (“lexicographer”)
  • hiztegigintza (“lexicography”)
  • hiztegilari (“lexicographer”)

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