zer
Basque edit
Alternative forms edit
- ze (colloquial)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Basque *zer, containing the interrogative prefix *ze-.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
zer (interrogative)
- (before the noun) what
Derived terms edit
- zer arraio (“what the hell”)
- zer berri
Pronoun edit
zer (interrogative, relative)
Declension edit
Declension of Basque interrogative pronouns
Derived terms edit
- zer ba
- zer dela eta (“why”)
- zer dugu (“what's going on”)
- zer edo zer (“something”)
- zer esanik ez
- zer eta zer
- zer gerta ere (“just in case”)
- zer modutan
- zer moduz
- zer moduzko
- zer nahi duzu
- zer-nola
- zer-nolako
- zera
- zerbait (“something”)
- zerbait izan
- zerbaitxo
- zerbaixka
- zeregin (“task”)
- zeren
- zeren eta (“because”)
- zerendako
- zerengatik
- zerentzat
- zeresan
- zeresan eman
- zergati
- zergatik (“why”)
- zergatik edo hargatik (“for some reason”)
- zergatiko (“reason”)
- zerikusi
- zerizan
- zerki
- zernahi
- zernahi gerta ere
- zernahi gisaz
- zernahi izanik
- zernahi kostarik (“whatever it takes”)
- zernahitarako
- zertako
- zertan (“in what situation”)
- zertarako (“for what”)
- zertaratu
- zertasun (“essence”)
- zertsu (“more or less what”)
- zertu
- zertxobait (“something”)
- zertzuk
Descendants edit
- Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: ser
Adverb edit
zer (not comparable)
Noun edit
zer inan
Declension edit
Declension of zer (inanimate, ending in tap -r)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | zer | zera | zerak |
ergative | zerek | zerak | zerek |
dative | zeri | zerari | zerei |
genitive | zeren | zeraren | zeren |
comitative | zerekin | zerarekin | zerekin |
causative | zerengatik | zerarengatik | zerengatik |
benefactive | zerentzat | zerarentzat | zerentzat |
instrumental | zerez | zeraz | zerez |
inessive | zeretan | zerean | zeretan |
locative | zeretako | zereko | zeretako |
allative | zeretara | zerera | zeretara |
terminative | zeretaraino | zereraino | zeretaraino |
directive | zeretarantz | zererantz | zeretarantz |
destinative | zeretarako | zererako | zeretarako |
ablative | zeretatik | zeretik | zeretatik |
partitive | zerik | — | — |
prolative | zertzat | — | — |
References edit
- ^ “ze-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin īre. The present and subjunctive forms are based on Latin vādere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
zer (second-person plural imperative zaite)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of zer
infinitive | zer | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | zendo | ||||||
past participle | zait | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
present | zai | zai | zaja | zaime | zaite | zaja | |
imperfect | zaja | zaja | zaja | zajaime | zajaite | zaja | |
perfect | jai zait | ji zait | ju zait | jaime zait | jaite zait | ju zait | |
pluperfect | avas zait | avas zait | avaja zait | avajaime zait | avajaite zait | avas zait | |
future | zera | zerai | zero | zerme | zerte | zero | |
conditional | zere | zere | zere | zerme | zerte | zere | |
subjunctive | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
present | zaja | zaja | zaja | zaime | zaite | zaja | |
imperfect | zis | zisse | zissa | zissaime | zissaite | zis | |
imperative | — | te | — | nu | vu | — | |
affirmative | zai | zaime | zaite | ||||
negative | naun zai | naun zaime | naun zaite |
Conjugation of zer
infinitive | zer | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | zendo | ||||||
past participle | zait | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
present | vis | vi | vis | vaime | vaite | vis | |
imperfect | zaja | zaja | zaja | zajaime | zajaite | zaja | |
perfect | jai zait | ji zait | ju zait | jaime zait | jaite zait | ju zait | |
pluperfect | avas zait | avas zait | avaja zait | avajaime zait | avajaite zait | avas zait | |
future | zera | zerai | zero | zerme | zerte | zero | |
conditional | zere | zere | zere | zerme | zerte | zere | |
subjunctive | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
present | visa | visa | visa | visaime | visaite | visa | |
imperfect | zis | zisse | zissa | zissaime | zissaite | zis | |
imperative | — | te | — | nu | vu | — | |
affirmative | zai | zaime | zaite | ||||
negative | naun zai | naun zaime | naun zaite |
Related terms edit
See also edit
Northern Kurdish edit
Alternative forms edit
- زەر (zer) — Arabic spelling
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Central Kurdish | زەرد (zerd) |
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Laki | zerd |
Zazaki | zerd |
Gurani | zerd |
zer
See also edit
spî | gewr | reş |
sor; sorê sor | pirteqalî; qehweyî | zer; qîçik |
keskê vekirî | kesk | kevz; keskê tarî |
şînê vekirî; hêşîn | şînê esmanî | şîn |
şîrkî, mor; heş | soravî; binefşî, xemir | pîvazî, pembe |
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zer n
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Either a substratum word or from Latin serum, possibly influenced by Greek. Compare Aromanian dzãr / dzer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zer n (plural zeruri)
Declension edit
Declension of zer
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- zer in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Turkmen edit
Noun edit
zer (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
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