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I was looking through names in the database when I came across Eider. Apparently, it's the feminine form of Eder. Why does having an "i" make Eider feminine?
In English, simply adding an "a" to the end of a male name frequently makes the name feminine. What are the rules for feminizing male names in Basque?
In English, simply adding an "a" to the end of a male name frequently makes the name feminine. What are the rules for feminizing male names in Basque?
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The information about Eider as feminine of Eder is not correct. As you can check at Euskaltzaindia (http://www.euskaltzaindia.com/eoda/izenak.asp?onoma=izenak&hizkuntza=es&testua=eider), Eider is a newly made name in Basque, not from Eder but from the European bird name and/or from the Gaelic Eideard.
And about the rules for feminizing male names, some names just change the masculine -a to an -e (Koldobika > Koldobike), other names add an -a (Sabin > Sabina)...
And about the rules for feminizing male names, some names just change the masculine -a to an -e (Koldobika > Koldobike), other names add an -a (Sabin > Sabina)...
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