idatzi

Coined by Basque nationalist, writer and politician Sabino Arana in the 19th century to replace the borrowings eskribitu and izkiribitu, altered arbitrarily from Old Basque iraatsi (“to write”), of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /idat͡s̻i/ [i.ð̞a.t͡s̻i]

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• Rhymes: -ats̻i, -i
• Hyphenation: i‧da‧tzi

idatzi du (imperfect participle idazten, future participle idatziko, short form idatz, verbal noun idazte)

1. to write

   Mikel gutun bat idazten ari da. ― Mikel is writing a letter.

• idazle (“writer”)

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