zahar

See also: zahăr and żahar

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *za(h)ar. Compare Aquitanian *sahar.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /s̻ahar/ [s̻a.har]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /s̻ar/ [s̻ar]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /s̻ar/ [s̻ar]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ar/ [s̺ar]

• Rhymes: -ahar, -ar
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: za‧har

Adjective

zahar (comparative zaharrago, superlative zaharren, excessive zaharregi)

1. old, aged

Declension

Declension of zahar (adjective, ending in -r)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		zahar	zaharra	zaharrak
ergative		zaharrek	zaharrak	zaharrek
dative		zaharri	zaharrari	zaharrei
genitive		zaharren	zaharraren	zaharren
comitative		zaharrekin	zaharrarekin	zaharrekin
causative		zaharrengatik	zaharrarengatik	zaharrengatik
benefactive		zaharrentzat	zaharrarentzat	zaharrentzat
instrumental		zaharrez	zaharraz	zaharrez
inessive	anim	zaharrengan	zaharrarengan	zaharrengan
	inan	zaharretan	zaharrean	zaharretan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	zaharretako	zaharreko	zaharretako
allative	anim	zaharrengana	zaharrarengana	zaharrengana
	inan	zaharretara	zaharrera	zaharretara
terminative	anim	zaharrenganaino	zaharrarenganaino	zaharrenganaino
	inan	zaharretaraino	zaharreraino	zaharretaraino
directive	anim	zaharrenganantz	zaharrarenganantz	zaharrenganantz
	inan	zaharretarantz	zaharrerantz	zaharretarantz
destinative	anim	zaharrenganako	zaharrarenganako	zaharrenganako
	inan	zaharretarako	zaharrerako	zaharretarako
ablative	anim	zaharrengandik	zaharrarengandik	zaharrengandik
	inan	zaharretatik	zaharretik	zaharretatik
partitive		zaharrik	—	—
prolative		zahartzat	—	—

Derived terms

• -zar

References

• R. L. Trask (2008) “zahar”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 366

Further reading

• “zahar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• “zahar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Old High German

Alternative forms

• zahhar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tahr.

Noun

zahar m

1. tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)

Descendants

• Middle High German: zahar, zeher
• Central Middle High German: zār ⇒ zære pl
  • German: Zähre sg
• → Italian: zacchera
• → Middle Low German: zâhē, zaahe

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈhar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: za‧har

Noun

zahar n (plural zaharuri)

1. (biochemistry) sugar (class of molecules)
2. (Moldavia (region), dated) alternative form of zahăr (“sugar”)

Declension

Declension of zahar

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zahar	zaharul		zaharuri	zaharurile
genitive-dative	zahar	zaharului		zaharuri	zaharurilor
vocative	zaharule			zaharurilor