ezin

See also: -ezin and ezin-

Basque

Etymology

From ez (“no, not”) with an obscure second element, perhaps egin (“to do”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /es̻in/ [e.s̻ĩn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /es̺in/ [e.s̺ĩn]

 
  • Rhymes: -es̻in, -in
  • Rhymes: -es̺in, -in

  • Hyphenation: e‧zin

Particle

ezin

  1. cannot, could not
    Ezin izan du maratoia bukatu. ― He couldn't finish the marathon.
    1. (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

  • 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

  • “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
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