ahaldun
Basque
Etymology
From ahal (“might, power”) + -dun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahaldun/ [a.hal̪.d̪ũn]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /aldun/ [al̪.d̪ũn]
- Rhymes: -aldun, -un
- Hyphenation: a‧hal‧dun
Adjective
ahaldun (comparative ahaldunago, superlative ahaldunen, excessive ahaldunegi)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahaldun | ahalduna | ahaldunak | |
| ergative | ahaldunek | ahaldunak | ahaldunek | |
| dative | ahalduni | ahaldunari | ahaldunei | |
| genitive | ahaldunen | ahaldunaren | ahaldunen | |
| comitative | ahaldunekin | ahaldunarekin | ahaldunekin | |
| causative | ahaldunengatik | ahaldunarengatik | ahaldunengatik | |
| benefactive | ahaldunentzat | ahaldunarentzat | ahaldunentzat | |
| instrumental | ahaldunez | ahaldunaz | ahaldunez | |
| inessive | anim | ahaldunengan | ahaldunarengan | ahaldunengan |
| inan | ahaldunetan | ahaldunean | ahaldunetan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | ahaldunetako | ahalduneko | ahaldunetako | |
| allative | anim | ahaldunengana | ahaldunarengana | ahaldunengana |
| inan | ahaldunetara | ahaldunera | ahaldunetara | |
| terminative | anim | ahaldunenganaino | ahaldunarenganaino | ahaldunenganaino |
| inan | ahaldunetaraino | ahalduneraino | ahaldunetaraino | |
| directive | anim | ahaldunenganantz | ahaldunarenganantz | ahaldunenganantz |
| inan | ahaldunetarantz | ahaldunerantz | ahaldunetarantz | |
| destinative | anim | ahaldunenganako | ahaldunarenganako | ahaldunenganako |
| inan | ahaldunetarako | ahaldunerako | ahaldunetarako | |
| ablative | anim | ahaldunengandik | ahaldunarengandik | ahaldunengandik |
| inan | ahaldunetatik | ahaldunetik | ahaldunetatik | |
| partitive | ahaldunik | — | — | |
| prolative | ahalduntzat | — | — | |
Noun
ahaldun anim
- deputy
- councillor, minister (head of a department in the government of a Basque province)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahaldun | ahalduna | ahaldunak |
| ergative | ahaldunek | ahaldunak | ahaldunek |
| dative | ahalduni | ahaldunari | ahaldunei |
| genitive | ahaldunen | ahaldunaren | ahaldunen |
| comitative | ahaldunekin | ahaldunarekin | ahaldunekin |
| causative | ahaldunengatik | ahaldunarengatik | ahaldunengatik |
| benefactive | ahaldunentzat | ahaldunarentzat | ahaldunentzat |
| instrumental | ahaldunez | ahaldunaz | ahaldunez |
| inessive | ahaldunengan | ahaldunarengan | ahaldunengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | ahaldunengana | ahaldunarengana | ahaldunengana |
| terminative | ahaldunenganaino | ahaldunarenganaino | ahaldunenganaino |
| directive | ahaldunenganantz | ahaldunarenganantz | ahaldunenganantz |
| destinative | ahaldunenganako | ahaldunarenganako | ahaldunenganako |
| ablative | ahaldunengandik | ahaldunarengandik | ahaldunengandik |
| partitive | ahaldunik | — | — |
| prolative | ahalduntzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- ahaldun nagusi
- ahaldundu
- ahaldungai
Further reading
- “ahaldun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ahaldun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005