( huskeria)

iz.

1. nonsense, trifle; \huskeria batengatik haserretzen da she gets angry over the least little thing; hutsaren hurrengo \huskeriaak trifling trifles; beti \huskeriaak eztabaidatzen zituzten they were always arguing about trifling matters; euskalkien arteko gerra ez da inondik ere euskalkiena, titare batean aise kabitzen den \huskeria baizik the war among the Basque dialects has nothing to do with the dialects themselves but is rather more like a storm in a teacup; \huskeriazaleak direnak those who are fond of nonsense

2. ( garrantzirik gabeko gauza)

a. ( kopuru txiki) trifle

b. ( balio gutxikoa) trinket

iz.

1. ( deuseztasun) nothing, nothingness; \ezerezetik atera ninduzun you talked me out of it ; \ezereza edo huskeria nothing or a trifle ; \ezerezetik sortu to start... from scratch ; \ezerezagatik izutzen da he's scared of his own shadow

2. ( huskeria) insignificance; gure \ezereza our insignificance io.

1. insignificant, negligible; Jordanen ondoan beste guztiak eskas eta \ezerez dira compared to Jordan all the rest are found wanting and insignificant

2. miserable, useless; zein \ezereza naizen! how useless I am!; han bizi dira gizonik \ezerezenak eta ezjakinenak the most useless and ignorant men live there

du/ad. to concern; huskeria hori ez du inork axolatzen no one's concerned about that trivial matter da/ad. to worry, be concerned; haiek, ordea, ez ziren horretaz \axolatu they, on the other hand, weren't concerned about that

iz.

1. ( zalantza, e.a.) doubt, indecision, wavering; horretan ez dago \ezbairik there's no doubt about it; \ezbaian egon to be in doubt | to be in a quandary ; gauza \ezbaian gelditu da the matter was left in doubt

2. ( huskeria, deuseza) triviality; \ezbai batengatik over nothing

iz.

1. ( deuseztasun) nothingness

2. ( huskeria) insignificance

[from ez da (it isn't) + bai da (yes, it is)] iz.

1. dispute; \eztabaida egin to argue, dispute, contend; \eztabaida piztu to sow discord; \eztabaidan i. arguing ii. discussing; \eztabaidan {ari izan || jardun} to argue, contend, debate;

a. ( pixka) bit; hau baino \eztabaida bat estutxoagoa a tidbit narrower than this; \eztabaida batean in a jiffy

b. ( huskeria) trifle

3. ( ezbaia) hesitation, indecision; iritzi kontrajarriak \eztabaidan oinarritzen dira opposing opinions are based on doubt

iz.

1. idiocy, stupidity, foolishness; \tontakeriak besterik ez ditu egiten he can't help but do foolish things

2. ( huskeria) trifle; anaia \tontakeria bategatik haserretzen zait my brother gets angry at the drop of a hat

iz.

1. ( huskeria) trifle

2. petty detail

3. exaggerated meticulousness