zezen

Basque

Alternative forms

• xexen (diminutive)

Etymology

First attested in 1562, from Proto-Basque *zezeN.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻es̻en/ [s̻e.s̻ẽn]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻es̻en/ [s̻e.s̻ẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺es̺en/ [s̺e.s̺ẽn]

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• Rhymes: -es̻en, -en

• Rhymes: -es̻en, -en
• Rhymes: -es̺en, -en

• Hyphenation: ze‧zen

Noun

zezen anim

1. bull

Declension

Declension of zezen (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zezen	zezena	zezenak
ergative	zezenek	zezenak	zezenek
dative	zezeni	zezenari	zezenei
genitive	zezenen	zezenaren	zezenen
comitative	zezenekin	zezenarekin	zezenekin
causative	zezenengatik	zezenarengatik	zezenengatik
benefactive	zezenentzat	zezenarentzat	zezenentzat
instrumental	zezenez	zezenaz	zezenez
inessive	zezenengan	zezenarengan	zezenengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	zezenengana	zezenarengana	zezenengana
terminative	zezenenganaino	zezenarenganaino	zezenenganaino
directive	zezenenganantz	zezenarenganantz	zezenenganantz
destinative	zezenenganako	zezenarenganako	zezenenganako
ablative	zezenengandik	zezenarengandik	zezenengandik
partitive	zezenik	—	—
prolative	zezentzat	—	—

Derived terms

• zezen suzko
• zezen-laster (“bullfight”)
• zezen-plaza (“bullring”)
• Zezena (“Taurus”)
• zezenalde
• zezendegi
• zezendu
• zezenka
• zezenkari (“bullfighter”)
• zezenketa (“bullfight”)
• zezenketari (“bullfighter”)
• zezenki (“bull meat”)
• zezenko (“young bull”)
• zezensuzko
• zezentoki (“bullring”)
• zezenzale

Further reading

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