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
• 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 (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	osasun	osasuna	osasunak
ergative	osasunek	osasunak	osasunek
dative	osasuni	osasunari	osasunei
genitive	osasunen	osasunaren	osasunen
comitative	osasunekin	osasunarekin	osasunekin
causative	osasunengatik	osasunarengatik	osasunengatik
benefactive	osasunentzat	osasunarentzat	osasunentzat
instrumental	osasunez	osasunaz	osasunez
inessive	osasunetan	osasunean	osasunetan
locative	osasunetako	osasuneko	osasunetako
allative	osasunetara	osasunera	osasunetara
terminative	osasunetaraino	osasuneraino	osasunetaraino
directive	osasunetarantz	osasunerantz	osasunetarantz
destinative	osasunetarako	osasunerako	osasunetarako
ablative	osasunetatik	osasunetik	osasunetatik
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], Euskaltzaindia
• “osasun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005