ahal

See also: Ahal and 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, -al
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: a‧hal

Noun

ahal inan

1. power, capacity
2. capability, might

Declension

Declension of ahal (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ahal	ahala	ahalak	ahalok
ergative	ahalek	ahalak	ahalek	ahalok
dative	ahali	ahalari	ahalei	ahaloi
genitive	ahalen	ahalaren	ahalen	ahalon
comitative	ahalekin	ahalarekin	ahalekin	ahalokin
causative	ahalengatik	ahalarengatik	ahalengatik	ahalongatik
benefactive	ahalentzat	ahalarentzat	ahalentzat	ahalontzat
instrumental	ahalez	ahalaz	ahalez	ahalotaz
inessive	ahaletan	ahalean	ahaletan	ahalotan
locative	ahaletako	ahaleko	ahaletako	ahalotako
allative	ahaletara	ahalera	ahaletara	ahalotara
terminative	ahaletaraino	ahaleraino	ahaletaraino	ahalotaraino
directive	ahaletarantz	ahalerantz	ahaletarantz	ahalotarantz
destinative	ahaletarako	ahalerako	ahaletarako	ahalotarako
ablative	ahaletatik	ahaletik	ahaletatik	ahalotatik
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 [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ahal”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005