bát

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bat"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech báti, from Proto-Slavic *bojati. Cognates include Polish bać and Russian бояться (bojatʹsja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːt]

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Verb

bát impf

1. (reflexive with se) to be afraid of, to fear [with genitive]

   Bojíš se pavouků? ― Are you afraid of spiders?

   Bojím se výšky. ― I'm afraid of heights.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bát

infinitive bát, báti active adjective bojící verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person bojím bojíme — bojme 2nd person bojíš bojíte boj bojte 3rd person bojí bojí — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bát. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate bál báli — — masculine inanimate bály — feminine bála — neuter bálo bála — — transgressives present past masculine singular boje — feminine + neuter singular bojíc — plural bojíce —

Related terms

• bázeň
• bázlivý
• bojácný
• nebojsa
• obávat

See also

• strachovat

Further reading

• “báti se”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “báti se”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːt]
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

bát (plural bátok)

1. baht (the official currency of Thailand)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bát	bátok
accusative	bátot	bátokat
dative	bátnak	bátoknak
instrumental	báttal	bátokkal
causal-final	bátért	bátokért
translative	báttá	bátokká
terminative	bátig	bátokig
essive-formal	bátként	bátokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bátban	bátokban
superessive	báton	bátokon
adessive	bátnál	bátoknál
illative	bátba	bátokba
sublative	bátra	bátokra
allative	báthoz	bátokhoz
elative	bátból	bátokból
delative	bátról	bátokról
ablative	báttól	bátoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	báté	bátoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bátéi	bátokéi

Possessive forms of bát

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bátom	bátjaim
2nd person sing.	bátod	bátjaid
3rd person sing.	bátja	bátjai
1st person plural	bátunk	bátjaink
2nd person plural	bátotok	bátjaitok
3rd person plural	bátjuk	bátjaik

Derived terms

• bátos

Rohingya

Noun

bát

1. rice

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaːt̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaːt̚˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːtᴰ. Cognate with Thai บาด (bàat).

Noun

bát

1. boil; furuncle

   pền bát ― to boil

   bát slúc noong ― furuncle with pus

   bóng bát ― to pop a furuncle

   bát théc oóc ― a boil bursts

Derived terms

• bát đíp
• pền bát

Etymology 2

Noun

bát

1. millettia ichthyochtona

Etymology 3

Compare bạt.

Noun

bát

1. moment; when; time

   tụp bát nưng ― to hit one time

   bát slủng ― one shot

   hẳm bát nưng ― to cut one slice

Derived terms

• lèng bát
• mì bát
• slắc bát

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 缽 (“earthen bowl”), ultimately from Sanskrit पात्र (pātra).

Noun

(classifier chiếc, cái) bát

1. (originally Northern Vietnam) bowl

Hyponyms

• chén (“small bowl”) (Southern Vietnam)
• đọi (“small bowl”) (Central Vietnam)
• tô (“large bowl”) (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)

Derived terms

• ăn cháo đá bát (“bite the hand that feeds one”)
• bát chiết yêu
• bát hương (“incense bowl”)
• tham bát bỏ mâm (“greedy and short-sighted”)

See also

• tô

Etymology 2

Noun

bát

1. sideburns

   Synonym: tóc mai

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably of Chamic origin?”)

Attested in the hydronyms Cái Bát and Ngả Bát.

Verb

bát

1. (dated, nautical, South Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to steer (a boat) rightward

   Antonym: cạy

Etymology 4

Romanization

bát

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 八

Derived terms

• bát nháo
• 七顛八倒 (“in disarray”)
• 八仙 (“the Eight Immortals”)
• 八卦
• 八度 (“octave”)
• 八極拳
• 八角
• 八音
• 六八 (“poem with lines of 6 and 8 syllables”)
• 雙七六八 (“quatrain of 7,7,6,8 syllables”)

See also

• tám