gizon prestuekin ez da deus ere galtzen

[from *inar- (?) + eduki (have)] iz. fight, spat; ez min guziengatik atxeterretara, ez \iharduki orogatik auzitara (atsot.) don't make a mountain out of a molehill du/ad.

1. ( eztabaidatu, aharratu) to fight, argue, quarrel, squabble; elkarren artean \ihardukitzen zuten they {argued || quarreled || squabbled} among themselves; halakoek dihardukatenean ez da zuhurtzia haien artea sartzea when such people are quarreling no wisdom can be prevailed upon them; eta hasi ziren haren \ihardukitzen and they began to argue with him; hitzez ez dezan nehork iharduk so that no one will argue about words

2. ( mintzatu, solastu)

a. to talk, speak, discuss; ezkonduz gero ez du gehiago gazte lagunekin \ihardukitzen since she married she no longer talks to her childhood friends ; egun herriaren egoeraz \iharduki behar dugu today we must discuss the situation of the country; gizon prestuekin ez da deus ere galtzen nothing is lost by talking to righteous men; gizon hark zihardukan ebasle gaiztoen gain that man spoke out against wicked thieves

b. ( arazo batez solastu) to talk, converse, communicate; zerbait egitekoz \iharduki behar dugu we must talk about doing something ; bekatua eginez gero Jainkoarekin \iharduki behar da having committed sin you must communicate with God

3. ( jardun) to be busy doing, be at it; zertan dihardukazu hori? what are you up to there?

a. ( buru egin, gogor egin) [ dio ] to resist, oppose, dispute; Jainkoaren nahia ri \ihardukiz going against God's will; landare honek ederki \ihardukitzen dio gaitz horri this plant is very resistant to that disease

b. ( gudukatu) (- (r)ekin) ; to fight, battle, contend ; zeren berdinarekin \ihardukitzea arriskutsu da, handiagoarekin erokeria, eta txikiagoarekin itsusi eta desohore for it is risky to fight against your equal, insanity to fight against someone bigger, and unseemly and dishonorable to fight against someone smaller; orain hamar bekaturekin dihardukazu, gero ehunekin \iharduki beharko duzu now you're contending with ten sins and then you'll have to contend with a hundred

5. ( ihardetsi) to reply, answer, talk back; obedi dezagun \iharduki gabe let us obey without talking back; hor dago — \iharduki zuen mutikoak "there it is", answered the little boy