zuzen

See also: zúžen

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *zuzen.[1]

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻us̻en/ [s̻u.s̻ẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺us̺en/ [s̺u.s̺ẽn]

 
  • (most dialects) Rhymes: -us̻en
  • (Biscayan) Rhymes: -us̺en

  • Hyphenation: zu‧zen

Adjective

zuzen (comparative zuzenago, superlative zuzenen, excessive zuzenegi)

  1. right, correct
  2. straight, direct
  3. just, rightful

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • zeuzeneratu (“to rectify, to fix”)
  • zuzen egon (“to be correct”)
  • zuzen ibili (“to be correct”)
  • zuzenbide (“law, the study of laws”) (see there for further derivations)
  • zuzendari (“principal, director, conductor”) (see there for further derivations)
  • zuzendu (“to correct, to straighten”)
  • zuzenean (“live, in a straight way”)
  • zuzeneko (“straight”) (see there for further derivations)
  • zuzenerdi (“half-line”)
  • zuzenespen (“approval, admission”)
  • zuzenetsi (“to approve, to admit”)
  • zuzengabe (“wrong, unfair”) (see there for further derivations)
  • zuzengaitz (“incorrigible”)
  • zuzengarri (“corrective”)
  • zuzengune (“straight road”)
  • zuzenik (“straightly, directly”)
  • zuzenka (“straightly, directly”)
  • zuzenketa (“correction”)
  • zuzenki (“segment; straightly, directly”) (see there for further derivations)
  • zuzenkizun (“correction”)
  • zuzenkontra (“unfairly, illegitimately”)
  • zuzenkontrako (“unfair, illegitimate”)
  • zuzentarau (“directive”)
  • zuzentasun (“straightness, justice”)
  • zuzentza (“justice”)
  • zuzentzaile (“corrector”)

Adverb

zuzen (comparative zuzenago, superlative zuzenen, excessive zuzenegi)

  1. correctly
  2. straightly
  3. justly, rightfully

Noun

zuzen inan

  1. (geometry) straight line

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

zuzen

  1. Short form of zuzendu (“to correct”).

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

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