iraun

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɾau̯n/ [i.ɾãũ̯n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾau̯n, -au̯n
  • Hyphenation: i‧raun

Verb

iraun du (imperfect participle irauten, future participle iraungo or iraunen, short form iraun, verbal noun iraute)

  1. to last
  2. to persist, endure

Conjugation

Conjugation of iraun (NOR-NORK paradigm)
Mood / Tense NORK (ergative) NOR (absolutive)
1st sg 2nd sg fam. 3rd sg 1st pl 2nd sg 2nd pl 3rd pl
nik hik hark guk zuk zuek haiek
Indicative Indicative
Present ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Present diraut dirauk/n dirau diraugu dirauzu dirauzue diraute hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Past nirauen hirauen zirauen genirauen zenirauen zenirauten zirauten hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Conditional ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Conditional banirau bahirau balirau bagenirau bazenirau bazeniraute baliraute hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Hypothetic cons. ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Hypothetic cons. nirauke hirauke lirauke genirauke zenirauke zeniraukete liraukete hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past cons.
Potential Potential
Present
Hypothetic
Past
Subjunctive Subjunctive
Present
Past
Imperative Imperative
Present ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Present irauk/n birau irauzu irauzue biraute hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Conjugation of iraun (NOR-NORK allocutive paradigm)
Mood / Tense NORK (ergative) NOR (absolutive)
1st sg 3rd sg 1st pl 3rd pl
nik hark guk haiek
Indicative Indicative
Present ni 1st sg
Present zirauat/nat zirauk/n zirauagu/nagu zirautek/n hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past ni 1st sg
Past nirauan/nan zirauan/nan genirauan/nan zirautean/nan hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
haiek 3rd pl
Hypothetic cons. ni 1st sg
Hypothetic cons. niraukek/n liraukek/n geniraukek/n lirauketek/n hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past cons.
Potential Potential
Present

Further reading

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