ermita

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ermita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ermita/ [er.mi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita, -a
  • Hyphenation: er‧mi‧ta

Noun

ermita inan or anim

  1. (inanimate) hermitage
  2. (inanimate) An isolated chapel, shrine or other sanctuary, often in the care of a hermit or anchorite.
    Synonym: baseliza
  3. (animate) hermit

Declension

Declension of ermita (animate and inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive ermita ermita ermitak
ergative ermitak ermitak ermitek
dative ermitari ermitari ermitei
genitive ermitaren ermitaren ermiten
comitative ermitarekin ermitarekin ermitekin
causative ermitarengatik ermitarengatik ermitengatik
benefactive ermitarentzat ermitarentzat ermitentzat
instrumental ermitaz ermitaz ermitez
inessive anim ermitarengan ermitarengan ermitengan
inan ermitatan ermitan ermitetan
locative anim
inan ermitatako ermitako ermitetako
allative anim ermitarengana ermitarengana ermitengana
inan ermitatara ermitara ermitetara
terminative anim ermitarenganaino ermitarenganaino ermitenganaino
inan ermitataraino ermitaraino ermitetaraino
directive anim ermitarenganantz ermitarenganantz ermitenganantz
inan ermitatarantz ermitarantz ermitetarantz
destinative anim ermitarenganako ermitarenganako ermitenganako
inan ermitatarako ermitarako ermitetarako
ablative anim ermitarengandik ermitarengandik ermitengandik
inan ermitatatik ermitatik ermitetatik
partitive ermitarik
prolative ermitatzat

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Noun

ermita f (plural ermites)

  1. hermitage, chapel

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

ermito +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ermita (accusative singular ermitan, plural ermitaj, accusative plural ermitajn)

  1. hermitic

Spanish

Etymology

From older eremita (hermit), from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἔρημος (érēmos) "solitary" (compare French ermite, Italian eremita).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾˈmita/ [eɾˈmi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: er‧mi‧ta

Noun

ermita f (plural ermitas)

  1. hermitage
  2. an isolated chapel, shrine or other sanctuary, often in the care of a hermit or anchorite

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Basque: ermita
  • Tagalog: ermita

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ermita.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔeɾˈmita/ [ʔɛɾˈmiː.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: er‧mi‧ta

Noun

ermita (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜆ)

  1. hermitage