beth
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Дублети of beta
Pronunciation
Noun
beth (plural beths)
- The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
- The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
- The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
Translations
See also
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bēoþ, present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).
Alternative forms
Verb
beth
- множине презента индикатива of been
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 English biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in.
Alternative forms
Verb
beth
- Alternative form of bith
Etymology 3
From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną.
Alternative forms
Verb
beth
- множине императива of been
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
- треће лице једнине past subjunctive of at·tá
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
beth | beth pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbeth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Welsh
Etymology 1
Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
beth
- what?
Etymology 2
See peth (“thing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
beth
- Soft mutation of peth.