zeu

See also: ze'u

Basque

Etymology

From zu (“you”) +‎ hau (“this”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻eu̯/ [s̻eu̯]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻eu̯/ [s̻eu̯]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺eu̯/ [s̺eu̯]

• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Hyphenation: zeu

Pronoun

zeu emphatic (non-emphatic form zu)

1. (emphatic) Second-person singular personal pronoun; you

   Synonyms: zerori, zuhaur

Usage notes

See neu.

Declension

Declension of zeu

absolutive	zeu
ergative	zeuk
dative	zeuri
genitive	zeure
comitative	zeurekin
causative	zeugatik, zeuregatik
benefactive	zeuretzat, zeuretako
instrumental	zeutaz
inessive	zeugan, zeuregan, zeure baitan, zeutan
locative	zeure baitako
allative	zeuregana, zeureganat, zeure baitara, zeure baitarat
terminative	zeuganaino, zeureganaino, zeu baitaraino, zeure baitaraino
directive	zeuganantz, zeureganantz
destinative	zeuganako, zeureganako
ablative	zeuganik, zeureganik, zeugandik, zeuregandik, zeu baitatik, zeu baitarik, zeure baitatik, zeure baitarik

Derived terms

• zeure burua
• zeureganatu (“to bring to you”)
• zeurekoi
• zeurekoikeria
• zeuretu
• zeurez
• zeurezko

See also

Basque personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		plain	emphatic	plain	emphatic
1st person		ni	neu, nihaur, nerau	gu	geu, guhaur, gerok
2nd person	familiar	hi	heu, hihaur, herori	zuek	zeuek, zuhauek, zerok
	neutral	zu	zeu, zuhaur, zerori
3rd person		use demonstrative and anaphoric pronouns

Further reading

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

Romanian

Alternative forms

• d̦eu — old orthography

Etymology

Inherited from Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Doublet of zău.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zew]

Noun

zeu m (plural zei, feminine equivalent zee or zeiță)

1. god

Declension

Declension of zeu

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zeu	zeul		zei	zeii
genitive-dative	zeu	zeului		zei	zeilor
vocative	zeule			zeilor

Related terms

• Dumnezeu
• zău

Further reading

• “zeu”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025