beth

== English == === Alternative forms === bet, beyt, beis === Etymology === From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta. === Pronunciation === enPR: bĕth, IPA(key): /bɛθ/ IPA(key): /bɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛθ Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === beth (plural beths) The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁 The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁 The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === See also === Appendix:Hebrew alphabet == Lower Tanana == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pəθ/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== beth skin toboggan, travois === Root === beth (rare) to drag or pull a skin toboggan ==== Stem set ==== ==== References ==== Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 75 === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== beth (Minto-Nenana) alternative form of boddha (“round”) ==== Stem ==== beth Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations: ==== References ==== Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 81 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English bēoþ, present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”). ==== Alternative forms ==== beþ ==== Verb ==== beth plural present indicative of been ===== Usage notes ===== The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area. === Etymology 2 === From Old English biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in. ==== Alternative forms ==== biþ, bith ==== Verb ==== beth alternative form of bith === Etymology 3 === From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną. ==== Alternative forms ==== beþ ==== Verb ==== beth plural imperative of been == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === ·bed === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲeθ/ === Verb === ·beth third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá === Mutation === == Welsh == === Etymology 1 === Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. ==== Alternative forms ==== be' (colloquial) pa beth (literary) ==== Pronunciation ==== (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /beːθ/ (colloquial) IPA(key): /beː/, /bɛ/ Rhymes: -eːθ, -eː ==== Pronoun ==== beth what? ===== Derived terms ===== beth bynnag (“whatever; anyway”) ta beth (“whatever; anyway”) ===== Related terms ===== popeth (“everything”) rhywbeth (“something”) unrhyw beth (“anything”) === Etymology 2 === See peth (“thing”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːθ/ ==== Noun ==== beth soft mutation of peth === Mutation ===