ezin
Appearance
Basque
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Etymology
[edit]From ez (“no, not”) with an obscure second element, perhaps egin (“to do”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: e‧zin
Particle
[edit]ezin
- cannot, could not
- Ezin izan du maratoia bukatu. ― He couldn't finish the marathon.
- (idiomatic) [with comparative degree] Used to form the superlative of adjectives.
- Egoera ezin hobea genuen. ― The situation couldn't be better for us.
Derived terms
[edit]- ezin agortuzko
- ezin ahaztuzko (“unforgettable”)
- ezin ase
- ezin eraman
- ezin esan ahala
- ezin gehiago (“a lot”)
- ezin gehiagoan (“a lot”)
- ezin gehiagoko
- ezin gehiagoraino (“a lot”)
- ezin hautsizko (“unbreakable”)
- ezin hobe (“perfect, unbeatable”)
- ezin hobeki (“perfectly, unbeatably”)
- ezin hobeto (“perfectly, unbeatably”)
- ezin ikusi (“to hate”)
- ezin itzurizko (“inevitable”)
- ezin kabiturik
- ezin konta ahal (“uncountable”)
- ezin sendatuzko
- ezin-egin
- ezinago
- ezinbeste
- ezinbestean (“necessarily”)
- ezinbesteko (“necessary”)
- ezinbestekotasun (“necessity”)
- ezinbestez (“necessarily”)
- ezinbizi
- ezinda
- ezindako
- ezindu
- ezindura
- ezinean
- ezinegon
- ezineko
- ezineraman
- ezinez
- ezinezko (“impossible”)
- ezinezkotasun (“impossibility”)
- ezinik
- ezinikusi (“hate, enmity”)
- ezinka
- ezinkizun (“impossibility”)
- ezintasun (“impossibility”)
Further reading
[edit]- “ezin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ezin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005