begrave
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English begraven, from Old English begrafan (“to bury”), from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (“to dig around, bury”), equivalent to be- + grave. Cognate with Saterland Frisian begreeuwe (“to bury”), West Frisian begrave (“to bury”), Dutch begraven (“to bury”), German begraben (“to bury”), Danish begrave (“to bury”), Swedish begrava (“to bury”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bigraban, “to dig around”).
Verb edit
begrave (third-person singular simple present begraves, present participle begraving, simple past begraved or begrove, past participle begraved or begraven)
- (transitive, obsolete) To bury.
- (transitive, obsolete) To engrave.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
begrave
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Presumably from be- + grave; compare with Dutch begraven and Swedish begrava
Verb edit
begrave (imperative begrav, present tense begraver, passive begraves, simple past begravde or begravet or begrov, past participle begravd or begravet, present participle begravende)
- to bury
- begrave stridsøksen - bury the hatchet
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “begrave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German begraven.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
begrave
- to bury
Inflection edit
| Strong class 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | begrave | |||
| 3rd singular past | begroef | |||
| past participle | begroeven | |||
| infinitive | begrave | |||
| long infinitive | begraven | |||
| gerund | begraven n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | begraaf | begroef | ||
| 2nd singular | begraafst | begroefst | ||
| 3rd singular | begraaft | begroef | ||
| plural | begrave | begroefen | ||
| imperative | begraaf | |||
| participles | begravend | begroeven | ||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “begrave”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011