( bidezkoa)

du/ad.

1. to choose, select, pick; e-r askoren artean \aukeratu to pick sth out ; \aukeratu bidezkoa dena! choose the right!

2. (Pol.) to elect

1. to be lawful; \lege izan da ala ez whether is is right nor not; \lege izan den baino garestiago more expensive than it legally should be; \lege izan den bezala as the law stipulates | as is lawful

2. ( bidezkoa, zilegi) ez da \lege izan it's not {fair || right}; gezurra \lege izan bada, haizu da gaizkia if lying is right, evil is just

3. ( posiblea) ez da \lege izan nik daukadan baino senar hobe edukitzea I couldn't have a better husband

izo.

1. oneself; \norbera nolako, besteak uste halako as you see yourself so will others see you; karitate egiazkoa hasten, bada, \norberarengadik true charity starts with oneself; galdetuko duzu: \ldblquote Nola ikasten da \norbera maitatzen?" you may ask, \ldblquote How do I learn to like myself?" ; lagun hurkoa \norbera bezala help your neighbour as you would yourself; \norbera bizi den etxeari ez dio inork su ematen nobody sets fire to the house they themselves are living in; nork jakin dezake bere bihotz-barrenkoa \norberak baino hobeto? who can know the innermost recesses of one's heart better than oneself?; \norberaren kaltean izan arren even if it goes against one's interests; arazoak: \norberarenak eta besterenak problems: one's own and those of others; euskara \norberaren \ldblquote ama hizkuntza" dela uste badu norbaitek, ez da zaila izan behar ikasketak euskaraz egitea if someone believes Basque to be one's own \ldblquote mother tongue", it shouldn't be hard to pursue one's studies in Basque; \norberaren gogoz kontra ezkontzea ez da bidezkoa it is not right to marry against one's will

2. ( bakoitza) each one; poesian \norberak bere hizkera du in poetry each one has his or her voice

a. to be {permissible || allowable || admissible, legitimate}; \zilegi izan ez diren salerosketak illicit commerce

b. ( bidezkoa) to be {right || justifiable}; gezurra ez da behin ere \zilegi izan a lie is never right

2. [ zaio ] to be {right || justified}; eta halatan \zilegi izan izanen zait esatea, ez dutela hitz egin nahi and thus I will be justified in saying that they do not wish to talk; eta \zilegi izan izan bekit ere esatea, oraindik ez dela beranduegi formala. and might I add it is still not too late; \zilegi izan bekit eskerrak ematea, denen agerian, neure hiru irakasleri may I express public gratitude for three of my own teachers ; nire nahia ahotan hartu dutenez gero, \zilegi izan izan bekit nire mingainarekin adieraztea as they have mentioned my desire, might I say a few words about it myself

3. [ du/ad. ] to be right; ez ote dugu \zilegi izan gauza berbera egitea? aren't we right in doing the very same thing?

io.

a. ( bertute moralaren araberakoa) good, faithful, honest, upright, sincere; kristau \zintzo {good || faithful || upright} Christian; gizon \zintzo eta egiati faithful and truthful man; mutil \zintzo eta saiatu horietako bat zen he was one of those upright, hard-working kind of boys

b. ( bidezkoa) just, fair, forthright, scrupulous

a. ( leiala) loyal, faithful, steadfast; aitortza \zintzo faithful confession

b. ( benetakoa) true, sincere; abertzale \zintzo batek ez luke horrelakorik esango a true patriot wouldn't say such a thing

a. ( testua) reliable

b. ( ikertzailea, historialaria) reliable, accurate

c. ( txostena) reliable, factual

4. ( belarria) sharp, alert; jakin dezagun adimendu ona izatea ez dagoela bakarrik belarri \zintzoak izatean we should be aware that having a good mind is dependent on having sharp ears adb.

1. faithfully, sincerely; agindua \zintzo betetzeko to faithfully carry out the order; legea \zintzo ez gordetzeko aitzakia bila looking for an excuse not to comply with the law faithfully; lana \zintzo egiten dutenak those who work for an honest living; hitzez hitz itzultzea edota mamia \zintzo gorderik translating it word for word or having faithfully maintained its essence

2. fairly, honestly; \zintzo jokatu to be fair || fair and square

[cf. Iber. "sosin"] iz.

a. ( eskubidea) right; \zuzenez hori enea da that is mine by right; \zuzen onez rightfully; zuri \zuzen onez ematen zaizkizun laudorioak the praise you rightfully deserve

b. ( ondarea) inheritance; etxeko \zuzenak izanak ditu he received his inheritance io.

1. ( ez okerra)

a. ( lerroa, e.a.) straight

b. ( bidea) straight, unswerving, undeviating

c. ( ibilbidea, norabidea) straight, unswerving, direct

d. ( angelua) right

2. ( bidezkoa)

a. ( politika, ekintza, e.a.) fair, just, right, ethical

b. ( p.) fair, just, upright, honest

c. ( ebakia) right, fair

d. ( asmoa) proper, lawful

e. ( zentzua) proper, basic

3. ( arauen, legearen, ereduaren arabera)

a. right, correct; erantzun \zuzena right answer; hizkera \zuzena correct speech

b. ( zehatza) exact, precise, right

c. (ehiztari) crackshot

4. (H. Jak) direct; objektu \zuzena direct object

5. Mat. right adb.

1. ( zintzotasunez) rightly, rightfully; \zuzen jokatu to act rightfully | to conduct o.s. properly; nirekin ez duzu \zuzen jokatu you have not treated me fairly; \zuzen nahiz oker right or wrong; \zuzen edo makur i. ( zuzen edo oker) rightly or wrongly ii. ( zuzenean edo zeharka) directly or indirectly

2. ( arauaren, legearen arabera, e.a.)

a. correctly, rightly; \zuzen mintzatu to speak correctly

b. ( lan egin) methodically

3. ( artez) straight, straight ahead

4. ( epaitu) fairly, impartially