esan

• erran (Northern)

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.

• IPA^(key): /es̺an/ [e.s̺ãn]

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• Rhymes: -es̺an, -an
• Hyphenation: e‧san

esan du/dio (imperfect participle esaten, future participle esango, short form esan, verbal noun esate) (Southern)

1. (du) to say, tell
2. (dio) to call, to name

Some of the synthetic forms are archaic, so in normal speech their periphrastic equivalents are typically 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ē.sã̄/

esan

1. salt

   A lá esan kún. ― They have sold the salt.

• IPA^(key): /è.sã́/

èsán (plural èsánzhì)

1. bird's nest

• asen (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• asan (Surmiran, Vallader)

Inherited from Latin asinus.

esan m (plural esans)

1. (Puter) (male) donkey, ass

• (sex): esna

From Old Irish ésom. Cognates include Irish eisean and Manx eshyn.

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃɪɲ/^[1] (corresponding to the form eisein)
• (Harris, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃən/^[2][3], /ˈæʃɪn/^[4] (corresponding to the form eisean)
• (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈes̪ən̪ˠ/^[2][5]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃə/^[6] (corresponding to the form eise)
• (Mackay Country) IPA^(key): /eːʃ/^[7] (corresponding to the form èise)

esan

1. (emphatic) he, him, it