hazi

== Basque == === Alternative forms === atzi, azi === Etymology === Might come from hatz (“lineage, trace”) +‎ -i, then shifting to "seed, semen". Compare Persian تخم (toxm) for the shift. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /has̻i/ [ha.s̻i] Hyphenation: ha‧zi === Noun === hazi inan seed (propagative portion of a plant) semen, sperm Synonym: semen (figurative) seed, precursor ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === hazi da/du (imperfect participle hazten, future participle haziko, short form haz, verbal noun hazte) to grow to raise, to feed, to support to cultivate, to grow, to breed Synonyms: landatu, hezi to swell up to increase, to rise Synonyms: goratu, handitu, gehitu ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hazi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “hazi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005