"batēn" meaning in All languages combined

See batēn on Wiktionary

Verb [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Germanic *batāną. Equivalent to *bat (“good”) + *-ēn. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*batāną}} Proto-Germanic *batāną, {{af|gmw-pro|*bat|*-ēn|id2=stative-fientive|t1=good}} *bat (“good”) + *-ēn Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *batēn Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-wk3}} Forms: weak [table-tags], batēn [infinitive], batēnijas [genitive, infinitive], batēnijē [dative, infinitive], batēniju [infinitive, instrumental], batē [first-person, present, singular], bat?dā [first-person, past, singular], batēs [present, second-person, singular], bat?dēs [past, second-person, singular], batēþ [present, singular, third-person], bat?dē [past, singular, third-person], bat?dā [past, singular, third-person], batēm [first-person, plural, present], bat?dum [first-person, past, plural], batēþ [plural, present, second-person], bat?dud [past, plural, second-person], batēnþ [plural, present, third-person], bat?dun [past, plural, third-person], bat?dī [first-person, past, singular], bat?dī [past, second-person, singular], batē [present, singular, third-person], bat?dī [past, singular, third-person], bat?dīm [first-person, past, plural], bat?dīd [past, plural, second-person], batēn [plural, present, third-person], bat?dīn [past, plural, third-person], batē [present, singular], batēþ [plural, present], batēndī [participle, present], bat?d [participle, past]
  1. to become better Tags: reconstruction
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "batēnijē",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "batēniju",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "present",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "present"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bat?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?d",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/batēn",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ēn (stative-fientive)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to become better"
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      "links": [
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          "better"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
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          "word": "baatje"
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          "word": "bate"
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      "word": "batia"
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              "lang_code": "nds",
              "word": "batten"
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              "lang_code": "da",
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                "borrowed"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "batēnijas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "batēnijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "batēniju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
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    },
    {
      "form": "batē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?dīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batēndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bat?d",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb"
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/batēn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic class 3 weak verbs",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ēn (stative-fientive)",
        "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become better"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "batēn"
}

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