ezer
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Basque *ezer, composed of *e- (indefinite prefix) + *zer (“what”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
- Hyphenation: e‧zer
Pronoun[edit]
ezer
- anything, nothing (in negative contexts)
- Ez dut ezer ikusi. ― I didn't see anything.
- Ezer nahi baduzu, esan. ― If you want anything, tell me.
- Ez du ezerk pozten. ― Nothing makes him happy.
Usage notes[edit]
This word is a negative polarity item, occurring in contexts such as negative sentences, questions, and conditional clauses. The only positive statements in which it corresponds to "anything" are mostly conditionals and questions.
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- ezer askorik (“not much”)
- ezer ere (“nothing at all”)
- ezer ez (“nothing at all”)
- ezer gutxi (“almost nothing”)
- ezerez
- ezerez
- ezerezean gelditu
- ezerezean geratu
- ezerezean utzi
- ezerezetik atera
- ezerezkeria
- ezereztasun
- ezergatik
- ezertarako ez izan (“to be useless”)
- ezertariko
- ezertxo
- ezertxo ere
References[edit]
- ^ “zer” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading[edit]
- "ezer" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “ezer” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Hungarian[edit]
10,000 | ||||
← 100 | ← 500 | 1,000 | 1,100 → | 2,000 → |
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100 | ||||
Cardinal: ezer Nominal: ezres Ordinal: ezredik A.o.: ezredszer, ezredjére Adverbial: ezerszer Multiplier: ezerszeres Distributive: ezr(es)ével, ezrenként Fractional: ezred Number of people: ezren |
Etymology[edit]
From Iranian, more specifically possibly from Alanic. Compare Ossetian ӕрзӕ́ (ærzǽ), Persian هزار (hezâr). The Iranian word is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom.[1] The Permic languages have also borrowed this numeral from Indo-Iranian, compare Komi-Zyryan сюрс (śurs) and Udmurt сюрс (śurs).
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
ezer (plural ezrek)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ezer | ezrek |
accusative | ezret | ezreket |
dative | ezernek | ezreknek |
instrumental | ezerrel | ezrekkel |
causal-final | ezerért | ezrekért |
translative | ezerré | ezrekké |
terminative | ezerig | ezrekig |
essive-formal | ezerként | ezrekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | ezerben | ezrekben |
superessive | ezren | ezreken |
adessive | ezernél | ezreknél |
illative | ezerbe | ezrekbe |
sublative | ezerre | ezrekre |
allative | ezerhez | ezrekhez |
elative | ezerből | ezrekből |
delative | ezerről | ezrekről |
ablative | ezertől | ezrektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
ezeré | ezreké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
ezeréi | ezrekéi |
Possessive forms of ezer | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | ezrem | ezreim |
2nd person sing. | ezred | ezreid |
3rd person sing. | ezre | ezrei |
1st person plural | ezrünk | ezreink |
2nd person plural | ezretek | ezreitek |
3rd person plural | ezrük | ezreik |
Derived terms[edit]
(Non-institutionalized adjectival compounds with single-element numerals [excerpt]):
ezermilliós, ezermilliárdos, ezerbilliós; ezerméteres, ezerkilós, ezergrammos, ezertonnás, ezerliteres; ezerwattos, ezeramperes; ezernapi, ezernapos, ezerhetes, ezerheti, ezeréves, ezerévi; ezeróránként, ezernaponta, ezernaponként, ezerévente, ezerévenként; ezerfokos, ezerfokú, ezerirányú, ezeroldalas, ezeroldalú, ezerkötetes, ezerdimenziós, ezerszázalékos, ezerkerekű, ezerfős, ezerfőnyi, ezernyelvű, ezertagú, ezerelemű, ezerrészes, ezeremeletes, ezerrétegű, ezerszintes, ezerablakos, ezerajtós, ezerüléses, ezerjegyű, ezerpontos, ezerszavas, ezerbetűs, ezersoros; ezerforintos, ezerdolláros, ezereurós; ezerlábú, ezerágú, ezerfejű, ezerkezű, ezerkarú, ezerszemű, ezerfülű, ezerlevelű.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ezer in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ ezer in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading[edit]
- ezer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ezer in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
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