ahaldun
Basque
Etymology
From ahal (“might, power”) + -dun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahaldun/ [a.hal̪.d̪ũn]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /aldun/ [al̪.d̪ũn]
- Rhymes: -aldun, -un
- Hyphenation: a‧hal‧dun
Adjective
ahaldun (comparative ahaldunago, superlative ahaldunen, excessive ahaldunegi)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahaldun | ahalduna | ahaldunak | ahaldunok | |
| ergative | ahaldunek | ahaldunak | ahaldunek | ahaldunok | |
| dative | ahalduni | ahaldunari | ahaldunei | ahaldunoi | |
| genitive | ahaldunen | ahaldunaren | ahaldunen | ahaldunon | |
| comitative | ahaldunekin | ahaldunarekin | ahaldunekin | ahaldunokin | |
| causative | ahaldunengatik | ahaldunarengatik | ahaldunengatik | ahaldunongatik | |
| benefactive | ahaldunentzat | ahaldunarentzat | ahaldunentzat | ahaldunontzat | |
| instrumental | ahaldunez | ahaldunaz | ahaldunez | ahaldunotaz | |
| innesive | anim. | ahaldunengan | ahaldunarengan | ahaldunengan | ahaldunongan |
| inan. | ahaldunetan | ahaldunean | ahaldunetan | ahaldunotan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — | — |
| inan. | ahaldunetako | ahalduneko | ahaldunetako | ahaldunotako | |
| allative | anim. | ahaldunengana | ahaldunarengana | ahaldunengana | ahaldunongana |
| inan. | ahaldunetara | ahaldunera | ahaldunetara | ahaldunotara | |
| terminative | anim. | ahaldunenganaino | ahaldunarenganaino | ahaldunenganaino | ahaldunonganaino |
| inan. | ahaldunetaraino | ahalduneraino | ahaldunetaraino | ahaldunotaraino | |
| directive | anim. | ahaldunenganantz | ahaldunarenganantz | ahaldunenganantz | ahaldunonganantz |
| inan. | ahaldunetarantz | ahaldunerantz | ahaldunetarantz | ahaldunotarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | ahaldunenganako | ahaldunarenganako | ahaldunenganako | ahaldunonganako |
| inan. | ahaldunetarako | ahaldunerako | ahaldunetarako | ahaldunotarako | |
| ablative | anim. | ahaldunengandik | ahaldunarengandik | ahaldunengandik | ahaldunongandik |
| inan. | ahaldunetatik | ahaldunetik | ahaldunetatik | ahaldunotatik | |
| partitive | ahaldunik | — | — | — | |
| prolative | ahalduntzat | — | — | — | |
Noun
ahaldun anim
- deputy
- councillor, minister (head of a department in the government of a Basque province)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ahaldun | ahalduna | ahaldunak | ahaldunok |
| ergative | ahaldunek | ahaldunak | ahaldunek | ahaldunok |
| dative | ahalduni | ahaldunari | ahaldunei | ahaldunoi |
| genitive | ahaldunen | ahaldunaren | ahaldunen | ahaldunon |
| comitative | ahaldunekin | ahaldunarekin | ahaldunekin | ahaldunokin |
| causative | ahaldunengatik | ahaldunarengatik | ahaldunengatik | ahaldunongatik |
| benefactive | ahaldunentzat | ahaldunarentzat | ahaldunentzat | ahaldunontzat |
| instrumental | ahaldunez | ahaldunaz | ahaldunez | ahaldunotaz |
| innesive | ahaldunengan | ahaldunarengan | ahaldunengan | ahaldunongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | ahaldunengana | ahaldunarengana | ahaldunengana | ahaldunongana |
| terminative | ahaldunenganaino | ahaldunarenganaino | ahaldunenganaino | ahaldunonganaino |
| directive | ahaldunenganantz | ahaldunarenganantz | ahaldunenganantz | ahaldunonganantz |
| destinative | ahaldunenganako | ahaldunarenganako | ahaldunenganako | ahaldunonganako |
| ablative | ahaldunengandik | ahaldunarengandik | ahaldunengandik | ahaldunongandik |
| partitive | ahaldunik | — | — | — |
| prolative | ahalduntzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- ahaldun nagusi
- ahaldundu
- ahaldungai
Further reading
- “ahaldun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ahaldun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005