alde

See also: ALDE and aldé

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *alte, probably related to albo (“side”).[1]

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /alde/ [al̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -alde
  • Hyphenation: al‧de

Interjection

alde!

  1. get out!, scram!

Noun

alde inan

  1. part, zone, side
    Gera zaitez nire aldean. ― Stay by my side.
  2. side (of paper, a card, a coin), heads (of a coin)
    Txanponek bi alde dituzte. ― Coins have two sides.
  3. difference, advantage
    Taldeak lau goleko aldea zuen. ― The team had a four goal advantage.

Declension
Declension of alde (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive alde aldea aldeak
ergative aldek aldeak aldeek
dative alderi aldeari aldeei
genitive alderen aldearen aldeen
comitative alderekin aldearekin aldeekin
causative alderengatik aldearengatik aldeengatik
benefactive alderentzat aldearentzat aldeentzat
instrumental aldez aldeaz aldeez
inessive aldetan aldean aldeetan
locative aldetako aldeko aldeetako
allative aldetara aldera aldeetara
terminative aldetaraino alderaino aldeetaraino
directive aldetarantz alderantz aldeetarantz
destinative aldetarako alderako aldeetarako
ablative aldetatik aldetik aldeetatik
partitive alderik — —
prolative aldetzat — —

Derived terms
  • Hegoalde (“Southern (Spanish) Basque Country”)
  • Iparralde (“Northern (French) Basque Country”)
  • itsasalde (“seaside, coast”)
  • mendialde (“mountains, inland countryside”)
  • sukalde (“kitchen”)

Postposition

alde

  1. [+absolutive] around (time)
    hamabiak eta laurden aldean ― around quarter past twelve
  2. [+genitive] in favor of
    Noren alde zaude? ― Who's side are you on?

Usage notes

In the first sense, only the inflected forms aldean (inessive, literally “on the side”) and aldera (allative, literally “to the side”) are used. In the second sense, only the plain form is used.

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

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

Gothic

Romanization

aldē

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌴

Middle English

Noun

alde

  1. Alternative form of adle

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëltē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈalːte/

Adverb

alde

  1. on, on top
  2. off, from the top

Alternative forms

Postposition

alde

  1. on, on top of
  2. off, from the top of

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ɑldə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse aldin n.

Noun

alde f (definite singular alda, uncountable)

  1. fruit, especially from a garden

Etymology 2

From earlier and Old Norse alda.

Noun

alde f (definite singular alda, indefinite plural alder, definite plural aldene)

  1. (rare) a big ocean wave

Verb

alde

  1. past tense of elja

References

Anagrams

Old High German

Conjunction

alde

  1. or

References
  1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen
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