hazi

See also: házi, házi, Házi, and hâzi

Basque

Alternative forms

• atzi, azi

Etymology

Might come from hatz (“lineage, trace”) +‎ -i, then shifting to "seed, semen". Compare Persian تخم (toxm) for the shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /has̻i/ [ha.s̻i]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /as̻i/ [a.s̻i]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /as̻i/ [a.s̻i]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /as̺i/ [a.s̺i]

 

• Rhymes: -as̻i, -i

• Rhymes: -as̻i, -i
• Rhymes: -as̺i, -i

• Hyphenation: ha‧zi

Noun

hazi inan

1. seed (propagative portion of a plant)
2. semen, sperm

   Synonym: semen

3. (figurative) seed, precursor

Declension

Declension of hazi (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	hazi	hazia	haziak	haziok
ergative	hazik	haziak	haziek	haziok
dative	haziri	haziari	haziei	hazioi
genitive	haziren	haziaren	hazien	hazion
comitative	hazirekin	haziarekin	haziekin	haziokin
causative	hazirengatik	haziarengatik	haziengatik	haziongatik
benefactive	hazirentzat	haziarentzat	hazientzat	haziontzat
instrumental	haziz	haziaz	haziez	haziotaz
inessive	hazitan	hazian	hazietan	haziotan
locative	hazitako	haziko	hazietako	haziotako
allative	hazitara	hazira	hazietara	haziotara
terminative	hazitaraino	haziraino	hazietaraino	haziotaraino
directive	hazitarantz	hazirantz	hazietarantz	haziotarantz
destinative	hazitarako	hazirako	hazietarako	haziotarako
ablative	hazitatik	hazitik	hazietatik	haziotatik
partitive	hazirik	—	—	—
prolative	hazitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

adjectives

• hazitarako

nouns

• hazi-olio (“seed oil”)
• hazitegi

verbs

• hazia bota
• hazia jarri
• hazil (“November”)

Verb

hazi da/du (imperfect participle hazten, future participle haziko, short form haz, verbal noun hazte)

1. to grow
2. to raise, to feed, to support
3. to cultivate, to grow, to breed

   Synonyms: landatu, hezi

4. to swell up
5. to increase, to rise

   Synonyms: goratu, handitu, gehitu

Derived terms

adjectives

• gaizki hazi
• ondo hazi
• ongi hazi

nouns

• hazibide
• haziera
• hazitoki
• hazizurri

Further reading

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