beth
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Verb edit
beth
Usage notes edit
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 edit
From Old English biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
beth
- Alternative form of bith
Etymology 3 edit
From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
beth
- plural imperative of been
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·beth
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
beth | beth pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbeth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Welsh edit
Etymology 1 edit
Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /beːθ/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /beː/, /bɛ/
- Rhymes: -eːθ, -eː
Pronoun edit
beth
- what?
Derived terms edit
- beth bynnag (“whatever; anyway”)
- ta beth (“whatever; anyway”)
Related terms edit
- dim, dim byd (“nothing”)
- pob dim, popeth (“everything”)
- rhywbeth (“something”)
- unrhyw beth (“anything”)
Etymology 2 edit
See peth (“thing”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beth
- Soft mutation of peth.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
peth | beth | mheth | pheth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
- English terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛθ
- Rhymes:English/ɛθ/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɛt
- Rhymes:English/ɛt/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Aramaic letter names
- en:Hebrew letter names
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English non-lemma forms
- Middle English verb forms
- Middle English plural forms
- Middle English plural imperative forms
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/eːθ
- Rhymes:Welsh/eːθ/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Welsh/eː
- Rhymes:Welsh/eː/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh pronouns
- Welsh interrogative pronouns
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated nouns
- Welsh soft-mutation forms