beth

See also: Beth and beð

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-SemiticCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Semitic#BETH *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of betaCategory:English doublets#BETH.

Pronunciation

Noun

beth (plural beths)Category:English lemmas#BETHCategory:English nouns#BETHCategory:English countable nouns#BETHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
  2. The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
  4. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
  5. The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ

Derived terms

Translations

See also

See also

Category:en:Hebrew letter names#BETH

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bethCategory:Lower Tanana lemmas#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana nouns#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. skin toboggan, travois

Root

bethCategory:Lower Tanana lemmas#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana roots#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. (rareCategory:Lower Tanana terms with rare senses#BETH) to drag or pull a skin toboggan
Stem set
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous — beth beth —
Momentaneous (Toklat-Bearpaw) — beɬ beɬ —
References
  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 75

Etymology 2

Adjective

bethCategory:Lower Tanana lemmas#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana adjectives#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH (Minto-NenanaCategory:Minto-Nenana Lower Tanana#BETH)

  1. alternative form of boddha (“round”)

Stem

bethCategory:Lower Tanana lemmas#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana stems#BETHCategory:Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Customary botth (roll) botth (roll) botth (roll) botth (roll)

References

  • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 81
Category:taa:Vehicles#BETH

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#BETHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#BETH bēoþ, present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BETHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BETH *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).

Alternative forms

Verb

bethCategory:Middle English non-lemma forms#BETHCategory:Middle English verb forms#BETHCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. plural present indicative of beenCategory:Middle English plural forms#BETHCategory:Middle English plural forms#BETH
Usage notes

The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

Etymology 2

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#BETHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#BETH biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in.

Alternative forms

Verb

bethCategory:Middle English non-lemma forms#BETHCategory:Middle English verb forms#BETHCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. alternative form of bith

Etymology 3

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#BETHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#BETH bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BETHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BETH *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną.

Alternative forms

Verb

bethCategory:Middle English non-lemma forms#BETHCategory:Middle English verb forms#BETHCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. plural imperative of beenCategory:Middle English plural imperative forms#BETH

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

·bethCategory:Old Irish non-lemma forms#BETHCategory:Old Irish verb forms#BETHCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#BETHCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá

Mutation

Mutation of beth
radicallenitionnasalization
bethbeth
pronounced with /βʲ-/		mbeth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

Etymology 1

Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-CelticCategory:Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#BETCategory:Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic#BET *kʷezdis.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

bethCategory:Welsh lemmas#BETCategory:Welsh pronouns#BETCategory:Welsh interrogative pronouns#BETCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#BETCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. what?
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See peth (“thing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bethCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#BETCategory:Welsh mutated nouns#BETCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#BETCategory:Pages with entries#BETHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BETH

  1. soft mutation of pethCategory:Welsh soft-mutation forms#PET

Mutation

Mutated forms of peth
radical soft nasal aspirate
peth beth mheth pheth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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