bont

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch bont.

Adjective edit

bont (attributive bonte, comparative bonter, superlative bontste)

motley, pied, especially in black-and-white

Breton edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

bont m (plural bontoù)

plug

Inflection edit

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Mutation of bont

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	bont	vont	unchanged	pont
plural	bontoù	vontoù	unchanged	pontoù

Dutch edit

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

bont (huid)

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch bont, probably from Latin punctus (“striped”) (thus a doublet of punt); compare German bunt.^[1] The noun is derived from the adjective: originally the noun referred to furs of variegated color.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔnt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: bont
Rhymes: -ɔnt
Homophone: bond

Noun edit

bont n (uncountable, diminutive bontje n)

fur

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Sranan Tongo: bont

Adjective edit

bont (comparative bonter, superlative bontst)

motley, variegated, multi-colored
(by extension) mixed, varied, heterogeneous

Declension edit

Inflection of bont
uninflected	bont
inflected	bonte
comparative	bonter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bont	bonter	het bontst het bontste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	bonte	bontere	bontste
	n. sing.	bont	bonter	bontste
	plural	bonte	bontere	bontste
definite		bonte	bontere	bontste
partitive		bonts	bonters	—

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Afrikaans: bont
Jersey Dutch: bant

References edit

^ “bontebok”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Hungarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈbont]
Rhymes: -ont

Verb edit

bont

(transitive) to demolish, pull down
(transitive) to take apart, disassemble, dismantle, fractionate
(transitive) to undo, untie, open
(transitive) to sever, disconnect, split, cut off
(transitive) to break down (in statistics)

Conjugation edit

conjugation of bont

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	bontok	bontasz	bont	bontunk	bontotok	bontanak
		Def.	bontom	bontod	bontja	bontjuk	bontjátok	bontják
		2nd-p. o.	bontalak	―
	Past	Indef.	bontottam	bontottál	bontott	bontottunk	bontottatok	bontottak
		Def.	bontottam	bontottad	bontotta	bontottuk	bontottátok	bontották
		2nd-p. o.	bontottalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. bontani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	bonték	bontál	bonta	bontánk	bontátok	bontának
		Def.	bontám	bontád	bontá	bontánk	bontátok	bonták
		2nd-p. o.	bontálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bont vala, bontott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	bontandok	bontandasz	bontand	bontandunk	bontandotok	bontandanak
		Def.	bontandom	bontandod	bontandja	bontandjuk	bontandjátok	bontandják
		2nd-p. o.	bontandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	bontanék	bontanál	bontana	bontanánk	bontanátok	bontanának
		Def.	bontanám	bontanád	bontaná	bontanánk (or bontanók)	bontanátok	bontanák
		2nd-p. o.	bontanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bontott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	bontsak	bonts or bontsál	bontson	bontsunk	bontsatok	bontsanak
		Def.	bontsam	bontsd or bontsad	bontsa	bontsuk	bontsátok	bontsák
		2nd-p. o.	bontsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bontott légyen
Infinitive	bontani		bontanom	bontanod	bontania	bontanunk	bontanotok	bontaniuk
Other forms	bontás		bontó	bontott	bontandó	bontva (bontván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of bont

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	bonthatok	bonthatsz	bonthat	bonthatunk	bonthattok	bonthatnak
		Def.	bonthatom	bonthatod	bonthatja	bonthatjuk	bonthatjátok	bonthatják
		2nd-p. o.	bonthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	bonthattam	bonthattál	bonthatott	bonthattunk	bonthattatok	bonthattak
		Def.	bonthattam	bonthattad	bonthatta	bonthattuk	bonthattátok	bonthatták
		2nd-p. o.	bonthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	bonthaték	bonthatál	bonthata	bonthatánk	bonthatátok	bonthatának
		Def.	bonthatám	bonthatád	bonthatá	bonthatánk	bonthatátok	bonthaták
		2nd-p. o.	bonthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. bonthat vala, bonthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	bonthatandok or bontandhatok	bonthatandasz or bontandhatsz	bonthatand or bontandhat	bonthatandunk or bontandhatunk	bonthatandotok or bontandhattok	bonthatandanak or bontandhatnak
		Def.	bonthatandom or bontandhatom	bonthatandod or bontandhatod	bonthatandja or bontandhatja	bonthatandjuk or bontandhatjuk	bonthatandjátok or bontandhatjátok	bonthatandják or bontandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	bonthatandalak or bontandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	bonthatnék	bonthatnál	bonthatna	bonthatnánk	bonthatnátok	bonthatnának
		Def.	bonthatnám	bonthatnád	bonthatná	bonthatnánk (or bonthatnók)	bonthatnátok	bonthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	bonthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bonthatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	bonthassak	bonthass or bonthassál	bonthasson	bonthassunk	bonthassatok	bonthassanak
		Def.	bonthassam	bonthasd or bonthassad	bonthassa	bonthassuk	bonthassátok	bonthassák
		2nd-p. o.	bonthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bonthatott légyen
Inf.	(bonthatni)		(bonthatnom)	(bonthatnod)	(bonthatnia)	(bonthatnunk)	(bonthatnotok)	(bonthatniuk)
Positive adjective			bontható	Neg. adj.	bonthatatlan	Adv. part.	(bonthatva / bonthatván)

Derived terms edit

Compound words

ront-bont

(With verbal prefixes):

Related terms edit

bomlik

Etymology 2 edit

bon (“voucher”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈboːnt]^[1]

Noun edit

bont

accusative singular of bon

References edit

^ bont in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Maltese edit

Root
b-n-t
2 terms

Alternative forms edit

bonn (Gozo)

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔnt/

Noun edit

bont m (plural bnut)

stem

Derived terms edit

bannat

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bont/

Adjective edit

bont m or n (feminine singular boantă, masculine plural bonți, feminine and neuter plural boante)

dull, blunt
Synonym: tocit

Antonym: ascuțit

Declension edit

Declension of bont

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bont		boantă	bonți	boante
nominative/ accusative	definite	bontul		boanta	bonții	boantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bont		boante	bonți	boante
genitive/ dative	definite	bontului		boantei	bonților	boantelor

Welsh edit

Noun edit

bont

Soft mutation of pont.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pont	bont	mhont	phont
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[1] “bontebok”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] bont in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

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