behar
See also: Behar
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /behar/ [be.har]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /bear/ [be.ar]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ehar, -ar
- Rhymes: -ear, -ar
- Hyphenation: be‧har
Adjective
behar (comparative beharrago, superlative beharren, excessive beharregi)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | behar | beharra | beharrak | |
| ergative | beharrek | beharrak | beharrek | |
| dative | beharri | beharrari | beharrei | |
| genitive | beharren | beharraren | beharren | |
| comitative | beharrekin | beharrarekin | beharrekin | |
| causative | beharrengatik | beharrarengatik | beharrengatik | |
| benefactive | beharrentzat | beharrarentzat | beharrentzat | |
| instrumental | beharrez | beharraz | beharrez | |
| inessive | anim | beharrengan | beharrarengan | beharrengan |
| inan | beharretan | beharrean | beharretan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | beharretako | beharreko | beharretako | |
| allative | anim | beharrengana | beharrarengana | beharrengana |
| inan | beharretara | beharrera | beharretara | |
| terminative | anim | beharrenganaino | beharrarenganaino | beharrenganaino |
| inan | beharretaraino | beharreraino | beharretaraino | |
| directive | anim | beharrenganantz | beharrarenganantz | beharrenganantz |
| inan | beharretarantz | beharrerantz | beharretarantz | |
| destinative | anim | beharrenganako | beharrarenganako | beharrenganako |
| inan | beharretarako | beharrerako | beharretarako | |
| ablative | anim | beharrengandik | beharrarengandik | beharrengandik |
| inan | beharretatik | beharretik | beharretatik | |
| partitive | beharrik | — | — | |
| prolative | behartzat | — | — | |
Noun
behar inan
Usage notes
The combination behar izan (literally “to have need”) is effectively the modal verb 'need'.
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | behar | beharra | beharrak |
| ergative | beharrek | beharrak | beharrek |
| dative | beharri | beharrari | beharrei |
| genitive | beharren | beharraren | beharren |
| comitative | beharrekin | beharrarekin | beharrekin |
| causative | beharrengatik | beharrarengatik | beharrengatik |
| benefactive | beharrentzat | beharrarentzat | beharrentzat |
| instrumental | beharrez | beharraz | beharrez |
| inessive | beharretan | beharrean | beharretan |
| locative | beharretako | beharreko | beharretako |
| allative | beharretara | beharrera | beharretara |
| terminative | beharretaraino | beharreraino | beharretaraino |
| directive | beharretarantz | beharrerantz | beharretarantz |
| destinative | beharretarako | beharrerako | beharretarako |
| ablative | beharretatik | beharretik | beharretatik |
| partitive | beharrik | — | — |
| prolative | behartzat | — | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “behar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “behar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بهار (bahâr), from Persian بهار (bahâr). Doublet of vesna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /běxaːr/
- Hyphenation: be‧har
Noun
bèhār m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѐха̄р)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bèhār | behari |
| genitive | behára | behara |
| dative | beharu | beharima |
| accusative | behar | behare |
| vocative | beharu / behare | behari |
| locative | beharu | beharima |
| instrumental | beharom | beharima |
Further reading
- “behar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025