izar

See also: Izar and -izar

English

Noun

izar (plural izars)

1. Alternative form of izaar.

Basque

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Etymology

From Proto-Basque *izaR.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /is̻ar/ [i.s̻ar]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /is̻ar/ [i.s̻ar]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /is̺ar/ [i.s̺ar]

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• Rhymes: -is̻ar, -ar

• Rhymes: -is̻ar, -ar
• Rhymes: -is̺ar, -ar

• Hyphenation: i‧zar

Noun

izar inan

1. star

Declension

Declension of izar (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	izar	izarra	izarrak	izarrok
ergative	izarrek	izarrak	izarrek	izarrok
dative	izarri	izarrari	izarrei	izarroi
genitive	izarren	izarraren	izarren	izarron
comitative	izarrekin	izarrarekin	izarrekin	izarrokin
causative	izarrengatik	izarrarengatik	izarrengatik	izarrongatik
benefactive	izarrentzat	izarrarentzat	izarrentzat	izarrontzat
instrumental	izarrez	izarraz	izarrez	izarrotaz
innesive	izarretan	izarrean	izarretan	izarrotan
locative	izarretako	izarreko	izarretako	izarrotako
allative	izarretara	izarrera	izarretara	izarrotara
terminative	izarretaraino	izarreraino	izarretaraino	izarrotaraino
directive	izarretarantz	izarrerantz	izarretarantz	izarrotarantz
destinative	izarretarako	izarrerako	izarretarako	izarrotarako
ablative	izarretatik	izarretik	izarretatik	izarrotatik
partitive	izarrik	—	—	—
prolative	izartzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• artizar
• Itziar
• izardi
• izarrihitz

References

• R. L. Trask (2008), “izar”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 235

Further reading

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

Latvian

Verb

izar

1. inflection of izart:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of izart
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of izart

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hisser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈθaɾ/ [iˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /iˈsaɾ/ [iˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧zar

Verb

izar (first-person singular present izo, first-person singular preterite icé, past participle izado)

1. (nautical, transitive) to hoist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of izar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			izar
gerund			izando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		izado		izada
		plural		izados		izadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	izo	izastú izásvos	iza	izamos	izáis	izan
	imperfect	izaba	izabas	izaba	izábamos	izabais	izaban
	preterite	icé	izaste	izó	izamos	izasteis	izaron
	future	izaré	izarás	izará	izaremos	izaréis	izarán
	conditional	izaría	izarías	izaría	izaríamos	izaríais	izarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ice	icestú icésvos2	ice	icemos	icéis	icen
	imperfect (ra)	izara	izaras	izara	izáramos	izarais	izaran
	imperfect (se)	izase	izases	izase	izásemos	izaseis	izasen
	future1	izare	izares	izare	izáremos	izareis	izaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		izatú izávos	ice	icemos	izad	icen
	negative		no ices	no ice	no icemos	no icéis	no icen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of izar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive izar	dative	izarme	izarte	izarle, izarse	izarnos	izaros	izarles, izarse
	accusative	izarme	izarte	izarlo, izarla, izarse	izarnos	izaros	izarlos, izarlas, izarse
with gerund izando	dative	izándome	izándote	izándole, izándose	izándonos	izándoos	izándoles, izándose
	accusative	izándome	izándote	izándolo, izándola, izándose	izándonos	izándoos	izándolos, izándolas, izándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative iza	dative	ízame	ízate	ízale	ízanos	not used	ízales
	accusative	ízame	ízate	ízalo, ízala	ízanos	not used	ízalos, ízalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative izá	dative	izame	izate	izale	izanos	not used	izales
	accusative	izame	izate	izalo, izala	izanos	not used	izalos, izalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ice	dative	íceme	not used	ícele, ícese	ícenos	not used	íceles
	accusative	íceme	not used	ícelo, ícela, ícese	ícenos	not used	ícelos, ícelas
with first-person plural imperative icemos	dative	not used	icémoste	icémosle	icémonos	icémoos	icémosles
	accusative	not used	icémoste	icémoslo, icémosla	icémonos	icémoos	icémoslos, icémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative izad	dative	izadme	not used	izadle	izadnos	izaos	izadles
	accusative	izadme	not used	izadlo, izadla	izadnos	izaos	izadlos, izadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative icen	dative	ícenme	not used	ícenle	ícennos	not used	ícenles, ícense
	accusative	ícenme	not used	ícenlo, ícenla	ícennos	not used	ícenlos, ícenlas, ícense

Derived terms

• izada
• izado
• izamiento

Further reading

• “izar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025