behartu

Basque

Etymology

From behar (“necessity”) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /behartu/ [be.har.t̪u]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /beartu/ [be.ar.t̪u]
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  • Rhymes: -artu, -u
  • Hyphenation: be‧har‧tu

Verb

behartu ? (imperfect participle behartzen, future participle behartuko, short form behar, verbal noun behartze)

  1. to compel, urge, force
  2. to weaken

Further reading

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