ipar

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Alternative forms

• iphar (Soule, Navarro-Lapurdian)

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of ibar (“valley”), the meaning “north wind” is believed to be earlier. Maybe an abbreviation of ibar haize (“valley wind”), parallel to Romance formations like Old French vent d'aval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipar/ [i.par]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ipar, -ar
• Hyphenation: i‧par

Noun

ipar inan

1. north
2. north wind

Declension

Declension of ipar (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ipar	iparra	iparrak	iparrok
ergative	iparrek	iparrak	iparrek	iparrok
dative	iparri	iparrari	iparrei	iparroi
genitive	iparren	iparraren	iparren	iparron
comitative	iparrekin	iparrarekin	iparrekin	iparrokin
causative	iparrengatik	iparrarengatik	iparrengatik	iparrongatik
benefactive	iparrentzat	iparrarentzat	iparrentzat	iparrontzat
instrumental	iparrez	iparraz	iparrez	iparrotaz
innesive	iparretan	iparrean	iparretan	iparrotan
locative	iparretako	iparreko	iparretako	iparrotako
allative	iparretara	iparrera	iparretara	iparrotara
terminative	iparretaraino	iparreraino	iparretaraino	iparrotaraino
directive	iparretarantz	iparrerantz	iparretarantz	iparrotarantz
destinative	iparretarako	iparrerako	iparretarako	iparrotarako
ablative	iparretatik	iparretik	iparretatik	iparrotatik
partitive	iparrik	—	—	—
prolative	ipartzat	—	—	—

Coordinate terms

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ipar-mendebal ipar-sartalde	ipar	ipar-ekialde ipar-sortalde
mendebal sartalde		ekialde sortalde
hego-mendebal hego-sartalde	hego	hego-ekialde hego-sortalde

Derived terms

• iparralde
• iparrizar
• iparrorratz

References

• Etymological Dictionary of Basque

Further reading

• “ipar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ipar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005