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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɛθ/, /bɛt/ Forms: beths [plural]
enPR: bĕth Rhymes: -ɛθ, -ɛt Etymology: From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sem-pro|*bayt-||house}} Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”), {{doublet|en|beta}} Doublet of beta Head templates: {{en-noun}} beth (plural beths)
  1. The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁 Translations (Phoenician letter): bet [feminine] (Catalan), bet (Finnish), bet [feminine, masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-beth-en-noun-TMQprXbR Categories (other): Terms with Aramaic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Aramaic translations: 63 12 25 Disambiguation of 'Phoenician letter': 46 25 29
  2. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב Wikidata QID: Q15049 Categories (topical): Hebrew letter names Translations (Aramaic and Hebrew letter): בית (alt: beθ) [masculine] (Aramaic), bet [feminine] (Catalan), bet (Finnish), bèt [masculine] (French), bet [masculine] (French), beth [masculine] (French), בֵּית (bet) [feminine] (Hebrew), bet [feminine, masculine] (Italian), בית (beys) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-beth-en-noun-en:Q15049 Disambiguation of Hebrew letter names: 28 42 30 Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of 'Aramaic and Hebrew letter': 35 49 16
  3. The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ Translations (Syriac letter): ܒܝܬ (alt: beθ) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), bet [feminine] (Catalan), bet (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-beth-en-noun-djKNxgv2 Categories (other): Classical Syriac terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Classical Syriac translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Classical Syriac terms with redundant script codes: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 33 19 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Classical Syriac translations: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 21 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 14 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 14 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 27 32 42 Disambiguation of 'Syriac letter': 29 19 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bet, beyt, beis Derived forms: aleph-beth, beth midrash Related terms: beth din, beth hamidrash

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English bēoþ, present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bēoþ}} Old English bēoþ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*biunþi}} Proto-Germanic *biunþi Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} beth
  1. plural present indicative of been Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present Form of: been
    Sense id: en-beth-enm-verb-cIvwEK~M Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 2 9 26 4 5 25 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 7 32 3 3 20 32 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 65 14 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beþ
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|biþ}} Old English biþ Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} beth
  1. Alternative form of bith Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bith Synonyms: biþ, bith
    Sense id: en-beth-enm-verb-VpvA1ObC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bēoþ}} Old English bēoþ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*beuþ}} Proto-Germanic *beuþ Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} beth
  1. plural imperative of been Tags: form-of, imperative, plural Form of: been
    Sense id: en-beth-enm-verb-EyHczNml
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beþ
Etymology number: 3

Verb [Old Irish]

IPA: /bʲeθ/ Forms: ·beth [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], beth [error-unrecognized-form], mbeth
Head templates: {{head|sga|verb form||head=·beth}} ·beth, {{sga-verb form|·beth}} ·beth
  1. third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá Tags: form-of, past, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: at·tá Synonyms: ·bed
    Sense id: en-beth-sga-verb-vKFBIe5t Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 2 9 26 4 5 25 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 7 32 3 3 20 32 1

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /beːθ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], peth [error-unrecognized-form], beth [soft], mheth [error-unrecognized-form], pheth [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: See peth (“thing”). Head templates: {{head|cy|mutated noun}} beth Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|peth}}
  1. Soft mutation of peth. Tags: form-of, mutation-soft Form of: peth
    Sense id: en-beth-cy-noun-ah6pxxQn Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 2 9 26 4 5 25 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 7 32 3 3 20 32 1 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun [Welsh]

IPA: /beːθ/ [colloquial, standard], /beː/ [colloquial], /bɛ/ [colloquial]
Rhymes: -eːθ, -eː Etymology: Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷezdis}} Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis Head templates: {{head|cy|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} beth
  1. what? Synonyms: be’ [colloquial], pa beth [literary] Derived forms: beth bynnag (english: whatever; anyway), ta beth (english: whatever; anyway) Related terms: dim, dim byd (english: nothing), pob dim, popeth (english: everything), rhywbeth (english: something), unrhyw beth (english: anything)
    Sense id: en-beth-cy-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Welsh interrogative pronouns, Welsh pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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          "_dis1": "29 19 52",
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      "enpr": "bĕth"
    },
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      "ipa": "/bɛθ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/bɛt/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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}

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      "source": "mutation",
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          "kind": "other",
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      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "form": "beth",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "pa beth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh mutated nouns",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "See peth (“thing”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "mutated noun"
      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peth"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh soft-mutation forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "peth"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft mutation of peth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peth",
          "peth#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beːθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beth/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for mbeth",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beth/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beth/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beth/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

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