bat
Translingual edit
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bat
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”).
Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ (literally “night-flapper”).
Noun edit
bat (plural bats)
- Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
- 2012, Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats [sic]
- As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.
- (derogatory) An old woman.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 196:
- "Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!
Synonyms edit
- (flying mammal): chiropter, chiropteran, flindermouse, flitterbat, flittermouse, fluttermouse, flying mouse, rattlemouse, rearmouse/reremouse, 🦇
Derived terms edit
- alien space bats
- a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat
- anvil bat (Epomops spp.)
- baby bat
- badger bat (Niumbaha superba)
- banana bat (Musonycteris harrisoni)
- barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus)
- bat box
- bat bug (Polyctenidae)
- batcrap
- bat detector
- bat ear
- bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)
- bat falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- bat flower
- batflower (Tacca spp.)
- bat fly
- bat-fowler
- bat-fowling
- bat hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus)
- bat house
- bat laurel
- batless
- batlike
- Batman
- bat nut
- bat phone
- bat plant (Tacca spp.)
- bat ray (Myliobatis californica)
- batshit
- bat star
- bats (“crazy”, adjective)
- bat tick (Nycteribia spp.)
- battish
- bat tree (Magnolia grandiflora)
- batty
- bat wing
- Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)
- big brown bat
- big-eared bat*
- Blanford's bat (Hesperoptenus blanfordi)
- blind as a bat
- blossom bat (Syconycteris spp.)
- blunt-eared bat (Tomopeas ravus)
- Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii)
- brown bat*
- bull bat (Chordeiles spp.)
- bulldog bat*
- bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
- butterfly bat (Glauconycteris spp.)
- Cadena's long-tongued bat
- canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus)
- cave bat (Antrozus spp.)
- cinnamon bat (Mormoops)
- copper-winged bat (Myotis formosus)
- Damara horseshoe bat
- Dashe's nectar bat
- Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii)
- dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea)
- desert bat (Antrozous pallidus)
- disc-winged bat/disk-winged bat/disc bat/disk bat (Thyropteridae)
- Dormer's bat
- epaulet bat/epauletted bat* (Epomophorini spp.)
- evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
- fish-eating bat (Myotis vivesi)
- fishing bat/fisherman bat (Noctilionidae)
- flower-faced bat (Anthops ornatus)
- flute-nosed bat (Murina florium)
- forest bat (Kerivoula spp.)
- fox-bat
- fox bat (Pteropodidae)
- free-tailed bat (Molossidae)
- fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)
- frosted bat (Vespertilio murinus)
- fruit bat* (Pteropodidae)
- funnel-eared bat (Natalidae)
- Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus)
- ghost bat (Macroderma gigas)
- ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla)
- giant bat (Pteropus)
- golden bat (Mimon bennettii)
- golden-tipped bat (Phoniscus papuensis)
- gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
- greater mouse-eared bat
- groove-toothed bat (Phoniscus atrox)
- guano bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
- hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)
- hairy-faced bat (Myotis annectans)
- hairy-tailed bat (Lasiurus ebenus)
- hairy-winged bat (Harpiocephalus spp.)
- hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)
- harelipped bat (Noctilio spp.)
- harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus)
- harpy bat*
- have bats in one's belfry
- have bats in the belfry
- heart-nosed bat (Cardioderma cor)
- hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
- Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus)
- hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
- hollow-faced bat (Nycteris)
- horn-skinned bat (Eptesicus floweri)
- horseshoe bat (Rhinolophidae)
- Horsfield's bat
- Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
- jackass bat (Euderma maculata)
- javelin bat (Phyllostomus hastatus)
- Kitti's hog-nosed bat
- Kobayashi's bat (Eptesicus kobayashii)
- large-footed bat (Myotis adversus)
- leaf-nosed bat* (Phyllostomidae spp. and Hipposideridae spp.)
- Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri)
- like a bat out of hell
- long-eared bat*
- long-legged bat (Macrophyllum macrophyllum)
- long-nosed bat*
- lyre bat (Megaderma lyra)
- mastiff bat*
- microbat* (Microchiroptera)
- mole bat (Mola mola)
- Moloney's mimic bat
- monk bat (Molossus tropidorhynchus)
- moonbat
- Morris's bat (Myotis morrisi)
- mouse-eared bat (Myotis spp.)
- mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma spp.)
- naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi)
- naked bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)
- Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)
- New York bat
- night-bat
- northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
- orange bat (Rhinonicteris aurantia)
- painted bat (Kerivoula picta)
- pale-faced bat (Phylloderma stenops)
- pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
- particoloured bat
- parti-coloured bat (Vespertilio murinus)
- Patton's long-tongued bat
- pied bat (Niumbaha superba)
- pipistrelle bat/pipistrel bat (Pipistrellus)
- pond bat (Myotis dasycneme)
- proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso)
- railer bat (Mops thersites)
- red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
- Ridley's bat (Myotis ridleyi)
- round-eared tube-nosed bat
- roundleaf bat* (Hipposideros)
- sac-winged bat (Emballonuridae)
- Schlieffen's bat (Nycticeinops schlieffeni)
- sea-bat, sea bat
- Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
- Semon's leaf-nosed bat
- Semon's roundleaf bat
- serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus))
- sheath-tailed bat (Emballonuridae)
- short-tailed bat (Mystacina)
- silky bat (Eptesicus serotinus))
- silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
- Sind bat (Eptesicus nasutus)
- slit-faced bat (Nycteris)
- smoky bat (Amorphochilus schnablii)
- sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei)
- soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina)
- spearnose bat (Phyllostomidae spp.)
- specter bat/spectre bat/spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum)
- spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
- Tacarcuna bat (Lasiurus castaneus)
- tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum)
- thick-eared bat (Eptesicus pachyotis)
- Thomas's nectar bat
- thumbless bat (Amorphochilus schnablii, Furipterus horrens)
- Tickell's bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli)
- Timorese horseshoe bat
- tomb bat Taphozous spp.)
- trident bat (Asellia tridens etc.)
- trumpet-nosed bat (Musonycteris harrisoni)
- tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene spp.)
- vampire bat*
- Van Gelder's bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus)
- vesper bat* (Vespertilionidae)
- Welwitsch's bat (Myotis welwitschii)
- western mastiff bat
- whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus)
- white bat (Diclidurus spp.)
- Woermann's bat (Megaloglossus woermanni)
- wrinkle-faced bat (Centurio senex)
- wrinkle-lipped bat (Molossidae)
- yellow bat (Scotophilus nigrita)
- yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons)
Translations edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuo (“I beat, pound”).[1]
Noun edit
bat (plural bats)
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
- A player rated according to skill in batting.
- He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.
- (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.[2]
- (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
- 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:
- bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
- (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
- 1842, Sporting Magazine, page 251:
- On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat.
- 1898, unknown author, Pall Mall Magazine:
- a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea.
- (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.[3][4]
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature K2, verso:
- So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
References edit
- ^ Beekes, R. S. P. (1997). Sound Law and Analogy: Papers in Honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. Netherlands: Rodopi, p. 312
- ^ Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242
- ^ A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect. W.D. Parrish
- ^ A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms. W. D. Parish and W.F. Shaw
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English baten (“to beat”), from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere; in modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare batter, battery.
Verb edit
bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
- (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
- He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
- We batted a few ideas around.
- (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
- (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
- The cat batted at the toy.
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Etymology 4 edit
Possibly a variant of bate.
Verb edit
bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
- (transitive) To flutter
- bat one's eyelashes
- (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
- (intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
- I've spent all week batting around the country.
Usage notes edit
Most commonly used in the phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 5 edit
Borrowed from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bastāre (“to carry”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston.
Noun edit
bat (plural bats)
- (obsolete) A packsaddle.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 6 edit
Noun edit
bat
Etymology 7 edit
Noun edit
bat (plural bats)
Etymology 8 edit
Noun edit
bat (plural bats)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child's shoe without a welt.
- 1909, Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 55, page 25:
- The retailer who sells a little girl a pretty pair of shoes today instead of a pair of bats, is bound to sell that girl, when she grows up, a pair of stylish $3 or $4 shoes instead of her buying a pair of $1.98 bargain bats elsewhere.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
References edit
- (child's shoe; boot): J. Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary
- (boot): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin battō, from earlier battuō. Compare Daco-Romanian bat, bate.
Verb edit
bat first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative bati or bate, past participle bãtutã)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
From a reduced form of Proto-Basque *bade (“one, some”), present also in bederatzi (“nine”) and bedera (“same; everyone”).[1][2][3] Compared by Eduardo Orduña and Joan Ferrer to Iberian ban (“one”).[4][5]
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
bat
- a, an, some
- musu bat
- a kiss
- (after a numeral) some, about, around
- Bidaiak hamar bat ordu iraungo du.
- The trip will take around ten hours.
- the same
Usage notes edit
- The determiner doesn't take the definite singular form.
Declension edit
Numeral edit
10 | ||||
[a], [b] ← 0 | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | |
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Cardinal: bat Ordinal: lehen Multiplier: bakoitz Distributive: bana |
bat
Usage notes edit
- The declension table shown in this section only applies when bat is used as a noun (usually when referring to the number itself). For other uses see the other declension tables.
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | bat | bata | batak |
ergative | batek | batak | batek |
dative | bati | batari | batei |
genitive | baten | bataren | baten |
comitative | batekin | batarekin | batekin |
causative | batengatik | batarengatik | batengatik |
benefactive | batentzat | batarentzat | batentzat |
instrumental | batez | bataz | batez |
inessive | batetan | batean | batetan |
locative | batetako | bateko | batetako |
allative | batetara | batera | batetara |
terminative | batetaraino | bateraino | batetaraino |
directive | batetarantz | baterantz | batetarantz |
destinative | batetarako | baterako | batetarako |
ablative | batetatik | batetik | batetatik |
partitive | batik | — | — |
prolative | bat-tzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- bat egin (“to unite”)
- bat egon (“to agree”)
- bat etorri (“to agree”)
- bat izan (“to be united”)
- batasun (“unity”)
- bateko (“single”)
- batera etorri
- bateraezin
- bateraezintasun
- bateragarri
- bateragarritasun
- baterako
- bateratasun
- bateratu (“to collect”)
- bateratzaile
- batu (“to unite”)
- batugai (“summand”)
- batugailu
- batukari (“summation”)
- batuketa (“sum, addition”)
- batura (“sum”)
- batza
- batzaile (“uniter”)
- batzaldi (“meeting”)
- batzoki
Pronoun edit
bat (indefinite)
Usage notes edit
- When used as a pronoun, the definite form bata is more common in Southern dialects.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- bakoitz (“each”)
- bat bakarra (“the only”)
- bat bera (“the only”)
- bat edo bat (“someone”)
- bat edo beste (“some”)
- bat-banaka (“one by one”)
- bat-banatu (“to divide”)
- bat-batean (“suddenly”)
- bat-bateko (“sudden”)
- bat-batekotasun (“suddenness”)
- bat-batera (“suddenly”)
- bat-batez (“suddenly”)
- bata bestearen gainka
- batbedera
- batean (“at the same time”)
- batek daki
- batek jakin
- batekoz beste
- baten bat (“someone”)
- baten batzuk
- batera (“at the same time”)
- batera eta bestera
- bateratsu (“almost at the same time”)
- batere
- batetik bestera
- batetik bestera aldea egon
- batez beste (“on average”)
- batez besteko (“average”)
- batez ere (“in particular”)
- batezbesteko (“average”)
- batik bat (“in particular”)
- batño
- batto
- batxo
References edit
- ^ “bat” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
- ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 134
- ^ “bat” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
- ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011), “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
- ^ Joan Ferrer i Jané, El sistema de numerales ibérico: avances en su conocimiento
Further reading edit
- “bat zenbatzailea” in Euskara Batuaren Eskuliburua [Handbook of Standard Basque], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “bat zenbatzailea / -a artikulua (batzuk/-ak)” in Euskara Batuaren Eskuliburua [Handbook of Standard Basque], euskaltzaindia.eus
- "bat" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bat m (plural bats)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bat
- inflection of batre:
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
bat m (plural bats)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
“bat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bat
- Alternative form of balat.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bat n (singular definite battet, plural indefinite bat or bats)
- bat (a club for striking a ball)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bat
- imperative of batte
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ba/
Audio (file) Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophones: bats (general), bât, bâts, bas (some speakers)
Verb edit
bat
See also edit
- bat les couilles (“not give a fuck”)
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /baːt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːt
- Homophones: Bad (standard, but not universal), Bart (some speakers)
Verb edit
bat
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bat
Hokkien edit
For pronunciation and definitions of bat – see 捌 (“to know; to recognise; to be familiar with”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 捌). |
Jamaican Creole edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
bat (plural bat dem, quantified bat)
- moth (nocturnal insect)
- Duppy bat still a fly like hawk.
- Black witch moths are still flying around like hawks.
- 2003, Amber Wilson, Jamaica: The Land (in English), page 30:
- “Hundreds of species of butterflies and moths live in Jamaica. Jamaicans call large moths "bats." The black witch moth is known as "the duppy bat." A duppy is a spirit in Jamaican culture that sometimes causes mischief. Duppy bats have brown [...]”
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bat (plural bat dem, quantified bat)
- bat (instrument for hitting or striking)
- When yu get one lick from me wid di bat... yu wi know.
- If I hit you once with this bat, you'll understand.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996) Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 83
- bat – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Jingpho edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Burmese ပတ် (pat).
Noun edit
bat
References edit
Luo edit
Noun edit
bat (plural bede)
Middle Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.
Noun edit
bat n
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch *bat, *bet, from Proto-Germanic *batiz.
Adverb edit
bat
- better; comparative degree of wel
- Synonym: beter
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
- Dutch: bet- only in betovergroot- (“great grand-”) and betweter (“know-it-all”)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bat
Further reading edit
- “bat (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “bat (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bet (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page bet
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English batt, from Celtic; influenced by Old French batte.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)
- (rare) A pole or stick used for other
- (rare, Late Middle English) A strike or hit from a weapon.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A clump of soft material.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “bat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-16.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bat
- (Northern) Alternative form of bot (“boat”)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *bait.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bāt m
Declension edit
Occasionally appears as feminine:
Descendants edit
- Middle English: bot, bate, bat; bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
- → Old Norse: bátr (see there for further descendants)
- → Old French: batel (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Irish: bát
- → Latin: battus
- → Welsh: bad
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old English bāt and Middle English bot.
Noun edit
bat oblique singular, m (oblique plural batz, nominative singular batz, nominative plural bat)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bat)
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bat
- inflection of is:
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bat | bat pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbat |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *batъ.
Noun edit
bat m inan (diminutive bacik)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Either borrowed from Swedish bat[1] or Italian batto.[2]
Noun edit
bat m inan
- bateau (type of boat)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat), from Sanskrit पाद (pāda).
Noun edit
bat m animal
- baht (currency of Thailand)
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “bat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Verb edit
bat
- inflection of bate:
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Slavic *batъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̏т)
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باصدی (bastı) (Turkish bastı), from باصمق (basmak) (Turkish basmak).
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bȃt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑т)
- The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
- 1939, Čedomir Minderović, Crven je istok i zapad:
- Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / Čuje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!
- Forward, ever closer and closer, / the tramp of footsteps is heard. / The voice of millions is raised: / Down with fascism and war!
- (rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves
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Etymology 3 edit
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bȃt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑т)
- Alternative form of bȁht
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bat m (plural bats)
Turkish edit
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bat
Tzotzil edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bat
- (intransitive) to go
References edit
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Yola edit
Noun edit
bat
- Alternative form of bath
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
- Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.
- But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 106
Yucatec Maya edit
Noun edit
bat (plural batoʼob)
Zhuang edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /paːt˧˥/
- Tone numbers: bat7
- Hyphenation: bat
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Chinese 缽 (puɑt̚).
Noun edit
bat (Sawndip forms 朳 or 𥐙 or 鈸 or 叭 or 拔, 1957–1982 spelling bat)
Derived terms edit
Classifier edit
bat (1957–1982 spelling bat)
- basin of; bowl of
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Chinese 八 (pˠɛt̚, “eight”). Doublet of bet.
Numeral edit
bat (1957–1982 spelling bat)