belust
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From be- + lust. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
belust (not comparable)
- eager, desiring [+ op (for, to)] [from 16th c.]
- Onverbiddelijk en genadeloos stapten de eenden nader, zeer belust op brood.
- Unrelenting and mercilessly the ducks stepped closer, deeply craving for bread.
Usage notes edit
- Instead of op, om can be used when the argument is an infinitive.
- In older texts the prepositions tot, naar or a complement genitive may be used in the same meaning as the preposition op that is used in modern language. These old usages are now obsolete.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of belust | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | belust | |||
| inflected | beluste | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | belust | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | beluste | ||
| n. sing. | belust | |||
| plural | beluste | |||
| definite | beluste | |||
| partitive | belusts | |||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch belust. Equivalent to be- + lust.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
belust
Inflection edit
| Inflection of belust | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | belust | |||
| inflected | beluste | |||
| comparative | beluster | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | belust | beluster | it belust it beluste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | beluste | belustere | beluste |
| n. sing. | belust | beluster | beluste | |
| plural | beluste | belustere | beluste | |
| definite | beluste | belustere | beluste | |
| partitive | belusts | belusters | — | |
Further reading edit
- “belust”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011