ahal

See also: ahàl

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *anal.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ahal/ [a.hal]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /al/ [al]
• Rhymes: -ahal
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: a‧hal

Noun

ahal inan

1. power, capacity
2. capability, might

Declension

Declension of ahal (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ahal	ahala	ahalak
ergative	ahalek	ahalak	ahalek
dative	ahali	ahalari	ahalei
genitive	ahalen	ahalaren	ahalen
comitative	ahalekin	ahalarekin	ahalekin
causative	ahalengatik	ahalarengatik	ahalengatik
benefactive	ahalentzat	ahalarentzat	ahalentzat
instrumental	ahalez	ahalaz	ahalez
inessive	ahaletan	ahalean	ahaletan
locative	ahaletako	ahaleko	ahaletako
allative	ahaletara	ahalera	ahaletara
terminative	ahaletaraino	ahaleraino	ahaletaraino
directive	ahaletarantz	ahalerantz	ahaletarantz
destinative	ahaletarako	ahalerako	ahaletarako
ablative	ahaletatik	ahaletik	ahaletatik
partitive	ahalik	—	—
prolative	ahaltzat	—	—

Particle

ahal

1. hopefully (used with periphrastic verbs in the future tense)

   Azterketa aprobatuko ahal du! ― Hopefully, he/she will pass the exam.

Further reading

• “ahal”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “ahal”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005