Description:

The base meaning of zeul is 'eye', the part of the body. However, it is very frequently used as a verb meaning to look at or examine something. In that sense, it can also be used as a noun as an instance of examination.

Verb:

• Paradigm: skurun (transitive)
• Auxiliary: te

In contrast with the verb 'triju' to see, which emphasizes the result of the action and views the subject as a passive experiencer, 'zeul' views the subject as an agent acting with intent, and focuses more on the intention of the action than the result. Zeul is a transitive verb in the skurun paradigm, with an ergative subject which is the looker and an absolutive patient which is the thing examined.

The benefactive happat form means to seek or to search and takes an additional dative argument that is the thing sought. In the sense of 'search', the derived form 'uzéul' might be used, especially in a disintentive skurun sense, like search a bag.

In a verbal context, the sense of 'inspect' or 'diligently review' is most likely to be conveyed with the derived form 'rozéul'.

Noun:

The literal meaning of zeul is 'eye', as in the part of the body, and the other meanings are metaphorical extensions of this base meaning. In that sense, it can mean not only eye, but also a look or an examination, an instance of looking or examining, out a search.

Derived forms come into play a lot in a noun context. A search might be 'uzéul' and an inspection might be 'rozéul'. Inspection as a concept, for example, in a regulatory setting, would be 'rozéulcasyn', and an inspector would be 'rozéulca'. You could say 'zeulca' to soften the impact it to get a sense more like 'watcher'. 'Ny rozéulcatrit' is an Inspectorate, a subunit of an inspection agency, usually associated with a city or territory.