ezer

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *ezer, composed of *e- (indefinite prefix) + *zer (what).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)
 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /es̻er/ [e.s̻er]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /es̺er/ [e.s̺er]

 
  • (most dialects) Rhymes: -es̻er
  • (Biscayan) Rhymes: -es̺er

  • Hyphenation: e‧zer

Pronoun

ezer

  1. 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

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

Derived terms

  • 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

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

Further reading

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

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛzɛr]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ezer
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Numeral

ezer (plural ezrek)

  1. thousand
    Synonym: egyezer

Declension

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Possessive forms of ezer
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

Compound words with numerals
Other compound words

(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

  • Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: jezero (thousand)[2]

References

  1. 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.)
  2. 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

  • 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 2023)
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