osasun
Basque
Alternative forms
- osartzun (Navarro-Lapurdian)
Etymology
From osa- (combining form of oso (“whole, complete”)) + -asun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /os̺as̺un/ [o.s̺a.s̺ũn]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -as̺un, -un
- Hyphenation: o‧sa‧sun
Noun
osasun inan
- health
- Osasun ona duzu. ― You have good health.
- health care
- Synonym: osasungintza
- (archaic, religion) salvation
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | osasun | osasuna | osasunak | osasunok |
| ergative | osasunek | osasunak | osasunek | osasunok |
| dative | osasuni | osasunari | osasunei | osasunoi |
| genitive | osasunen | osasunaren | osasunen | osasunon |
| comitative | osasunekin | osasunarekin | osasunekin | osasunokin |
| causative | osasunengatik | osasunarengatik | osasunengatik | osasunongatik |
| benefactive | osasunentzat | osasunarentzat | osasunentzat | osasunontzat |
| instrumental | osasunez | osasunaz | osasunez | osasunotaz |
| innesive | osasunetan | osasunean | osasunetan | osasunotan |
| locative | osasunetako | osasuneko | osasunetako | osasunotako |
| allative | osasunetara | osasunera | osasunetara | osasunotara |
| terminative | osasunetaraino | osasuneraino | osasunetaraino | osasunotaraino |
| directive | osasunetarantz | osasunerantz | osasunetarantz | osasunotarantz |
| destinative | osasunetarako | osasunerako | osasunetarako | osasunotarako |
| ablative | osasunetatik | osasunetik | osasunetatik | osasunotatik |
| partitive | osasunik | — | — | — |
| prolative | osasuntzat | — | — | — |
Derived terms
- osasun onean (“in good health”)
- osasun-azterketa (“checkup”)
- osasun-etxe (“outpatient clinic”)
- osasun-zentro (“outpatient clinic”)
- osasuna eman (“to heal”)
- osasunarekin (“in good health”)
- osasunbelar (“medicinal”)
- osasunbide
- osasundun (“healthy”)
- osasunean (“in good health”)
- osasuneko (“healthy”)
- osasunez (“in good health”)
- osasungai (“remedy”)
- osasungaitz (“unhealthy”)
- osasungarri (“healthy”)
- osasungarritasun (“healthiness”)
- osasungintza (“healthcare”)
- osasuntsu (“healthy”)
Further reading
- “osasun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “osasun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005