buit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
buit (uncountable)
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Catalan buit, from Vulgar Latin *vŏcĭtus (compare compare Occitan voide~void~vued, Old French vuit (modern vide), Italian vuoto), itself related to vocuus, from Latin vacuus, or perhaps a participle of a Vulgar Latin verb *vŏcāre, *vŏcĕre as a variant of Latin vacō, vacāre (“be empty”)[1] (or alternatively a variant of vacĭtus as a participle of a *vacĕre).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)
AntonymsEdit
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NounEdit
buit m (plural buits)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “buit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
Further readingEdit
- “buit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “buit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “buit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”).[1] If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.[2] [3]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
buit m (uncountable)
- The spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war.
- The loot, fruits of crime.
- A hunter's prey.
- The gains, as in a game of chance.
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buit, supplement)
- ^ Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology