ezagutu
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Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally, this verb belonged to the -n class of verbs, but the suffix later changed to -tu. The original participle survives as the adjective ezagun (“known”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]ezagutu du (imperfect participle ezagutzen, future participle ezagutuko, short form ezagut, verbal noun ezagutze)
- to know, to be aware of
- 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria[1], La Rochelle, Acteac 27:39:
- Eta eguna ethorri cenean, herria etzeçaten eçagut: baina portu itſas adar çuen bati ohart cequizquión, hartara, eguin albalute, vncia egotzi aiher ciraden.
- [Eta eguna ethorri zenean, herria etzezaten ezagut: baina portu itsasadar zuen bati ohart zekizkion, hartara, egin albalute, untzia egotzi aiher ziraden.]
- And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. – KJV
- to meet
- to acknowledge
- to distinguish
- (archaic, biblical) to know, have sexual relations with
Conjugation
[edit] ezagutu ― NOR-NORK paradigm
Derived terms
[edit]- ezagutarazi (“to make known”)
- ezaguterraz (“recognizable”)
- ezagutezin (“unrecognizable”)
- ezagutza (“knowledge”) (see there for further derivations)
References
[edit]- ^ “ezagun” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “ezagutu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “ezagutu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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- Basque terms suffixed with -tu
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- Rhymes:Basque/utu
- Rhymes:Basque/utu/4 syllables
- Basque lemmas
- Basque verbs
- Basque du verbs
- Basque terms with quotations
- Basque terms with archaic senses
- eu:Bible
- Basque synthetic verbs
- Basque transitive verbs