esan
Basque edit
Alternative forms edit
- erran (Northern)
Etymology edit
Unknown, the variant erran seems to point to an original form with an alien cluster with two different outcomes such as *esran. The synthetic forms belong to an unrelated verb with the stem -io-. Since this verb lacks non-finite forms, its forms are often given as the synthetic conjugation of esan and erran.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
esan du/dio (imperfect participle esaten, future participle esango, short form esan, verbal noun esate) (Southern)
Usage notes edit
Some of the synthetic forms are archaic, so more often periphrastic will be used instead. For example, instead of
- Zer ziotsun? ― What did he/she tell you?
the periphrastic form
- Zer esan zizun? ― What did he/she tell you?
is more commonly used.
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
- esaera (“saying”)
- esaera zahar (“proverb”)
- esaka
- esakune
- esakuntza
- esaldi (“sentence”)
- esale
- esamesa
- esamesaka
- esamolde
- esan beharrik ez
- esan bezala (“as previously mentioned”)
- esan eta egin
- esan eta esan
- esan gabe doa (“it goes without saying”)
- esanahi (“meaning”)
- esanahitsu (“meaningful”)
- esanarazi
- esanaren esanaz
- esanbide
- esanbidez
- esanbidezko
- esaneko (“obedient”)
- esanekotasun
- esanen
- esanezin
- esangaitz
- esangin
- esangura (“meaning”)
- esanguratsu (“meaningful”)
- esankizun
- esapide
- esatari (“news anchor”)
- esate
- esate batera
- esate baterako (“for example”)
- esateke (“without saying”)
- esateko
- esateko moduan
- esaterako (“for example”)
Further reading edit
Nupe edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
esan
- salt
- A lá esan kún. ― They have sold the salt.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èsán (plural èsánzhì)
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
esan m (plural esans)
Coordinate terms edit
- (sex): esna
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ésom. Cognates include Irish eisean and Manx eshyn.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
esan
See also edit
simple | emphatic | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
First person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne |
Second person | thu, tu1) | sibh | thusa, tusa1) | sibhse |
Third person m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
Third person f | i | ise | ||
*) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. **) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used. 1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh. |