osasun

Basque

Alternative forms

• osartzun (Navarro-Lapurdian)

Etymology

From osa- (combining form of oso (“whole, complete”)) +‎ -asun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /os̺as̺un/ [o.s̺a.s̺ũn]

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• Rhymes: -as̺un, -un
• Hyphenation: o‧sa‧sun

Noun

osasun inan

1. health

   Osasun ona duzu. ― You have good health.

2. health care

   Synonym: osasungintza

3. (archaic, religion) salvation

Declension

Declension of osasun (inan C-stem)

	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
inessive	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