belust

== Dutch == === Etymology === From be- +‎ lust. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈlʏst/ Hyphenation: be‧lust Rhymes: -ʏst === Adjective === belust (not comparable) eager, desiring [with op ‘for, to’] [from 16th c.] ==== Usage notes ==== 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. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== geldbelust machtsbelust sensatiebelust ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: belus → West Frisian: belust == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch belust. Equivalent to be- +‎ lust. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈløst/ === Adjective === belust eager, desiring [with op ‘for, to’] ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “belust”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011