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beite

See also: béite

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait, await”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”). Cognate with German beiten, English bide, Icelandic bíða, Danish bie, Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan).

Verb

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beite

  1. (Uri) to wait

References

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  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.: "bæıtte, warten, ahd. beiten"

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally the verbal of necessity of bí (“to be”) (compare Old Irish buithi).

Adjective

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beite

  1. (literary) right, proper

Declension

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Declension of beite
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative beite bheite beite;
bheite²
Vocative bheite beite
Genitive beite beite beite
Dative beite;
bheite¹ 		bheite beite;
bheite²
Comparative níos beite
Superlative is beite

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beite bheite mbeite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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beite

  1. Alternative form of bayte

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse beiti (noun) and beita (verb).

Noun

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beite n (definite singular beitet, indefinite plural beiter, definite plural beita or beitene)

  1. pasture (land used for grazing by animals)

Derived terms

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Verb

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beite (imperative beit, present tense beiter, passive beites, simple past and past participle beita or beitet, present participle beitende)

  1. to graze (of animals)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse beiti.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beite n (definite singular beitet, indefinite plural beite, definite plural beita)

  1. pasture; land area, cultivated or not, where animals may feed on the vegetation
    Har du dyra dine på beite no?
    Are your animals in the pasture now?

Derived terms

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Verb

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beite (present tense beitar/beiter, past tense beita/beitte, past participle beita/beitt, passive infinitive beitast, present participle beitande, imperative beite/beit)

  1. Alternative form of beita

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Old Irish

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Verb

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beite

  1. third-person plural future relative of at·tá

Volapük

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Noun

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beite

  1. dative singular of beit
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