"beth" meaning in All languages combined

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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 Categories (topical): Aramaic letter names Translations (Phoenician letter): bet [feminine] (Catalan), bet (Finnish), bet [feminine, masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-beth-en-noun-TMQprXbR Disambiguation of Aramaic letter names: 47 21 32 Disambiguation of 'Phoenician letter': 46 25 29
  2. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב 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-ES9nkCeo Disambiguation of Hebrew letter names: 28 42 30 Disambiguation of 'Aramaic and Hebrew letter': 34 50 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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup 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 English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 9 82 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, {{m|ang|bēon|t=to be}} bēon (“to be”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*biunþi}} Proto-Germanic *biunþi, {{m|gem-pro|*beuną|t=to be, become}} *beuną (“to be, become”) 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): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 83 7 10
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, {{m|ang|bēon}} bēon, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*beuþ}} Proto-Germanic *beuþ, {{m|gem-pro|*beuną}} *beuną 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 [mutation, mutation-radical], beth [mutation, mutation-nasal], mbeth [mutation]
Head templates: {{head|sga|verb form||head=·beth}} ·beth, {{sga-verb form|·beth}} ·beth Inflection templates: {{sga-mutation|b|eth}}
  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

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /beːθ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], peth [mutation, mutation-radical], beth [mutation, mutation-soft], mheth [mutation, mutation-nasal], pheth [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
Etymology: See peth (“thing”). Etymology templates: {{m|cy|peth||thing}} 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): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
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: {{m|cy|pa beth||which thing}} pa beth (“which thing”), {{m|cy|peth||thing}} peth (“thing”), {{m|cy|pa||which}} pa (“which”), {{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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    },
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          "_dis1": "46 25 29",
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          "_dis1": "34 50 16",
          "alt": "beθ",
          "code": "arc",
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          "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
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          "alt": "beθ",
          "code": "syc",
          "lang": "Aramaic",
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          "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/bɛθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "bĕth"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "word": "beyt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
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}

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      "name": "inh"
    },
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          "_dis": "83 7 10",
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        ]
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "Alternative form of bith"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną.",
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      "form": "·beth",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbeth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "",
        "head": "·beth"
      },
      "expansion": "·beth",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "·beth"
      },
      "expansion": "·beth",
      "name": "sga-verb form"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "eth"
      },
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "at·tá"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá"
      ],
      "id": "en-beth-sga-verb-vKFBIe5t",
      "links": [
        [
          "at·tá",
          "attá#Old Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "·bed"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲeθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

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  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pa beth",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pa",
        "3": "",
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    {
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        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷezdis"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
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            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
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        },
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        }
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        {
          "english": "whatever; anyway",
          "word": "beth bynnag"
        },
        {
          "english": "whatever; anyway",
          "word": "ta beth"
        }
      ],
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        "what?"
      ],
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        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "dim"
        },
        {
          "english": "nothing",
          "word": "dim byd"
        },
        {
          "word": "pob dim"
        },
        {
          "english": "everything",
          "word": "popeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "something",
          "word": "rhywbeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "anything",
          "word": "unrhyw beth"
        }
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        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "be’"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "pa beth"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/beːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beː/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "peth",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thing"
      },
      "expansion": "peth (“thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "mutated noun"
      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peth"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "peth"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft mutation of peth."
      ],
      "id": "en-beth-cy-noun-ah6pxxQn",
      "links": [
        [
          "peth",
          "peth#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beːθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Classical Syriac terms with redundant script codes",
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛt/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛθ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛθ/1 syllable",
    "en:Aramaic letter names",
    "en:Hebrew letter names"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aleph-beth"
    },
    {
      "word": "beth midrash"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*bayt-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "house"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "beta"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of beta",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "beth (plural beths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "beth din"
    },
    {
      "word": "beth hamidrash"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Aramaic",
          "Aramaic"
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        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "𐡁",
          "𐡁"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hebrew",
          "Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "ב",
          "ב"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Syriac",
          "Syriac"
        ],
        [
          "ܒ",
          "ܒ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɛθ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "bĕth"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "word": "beyt"
    },
    {
      "word": "beis"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt": "beθ",
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בית"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bèt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beth"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bet",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּית"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "beys",
      "sense": "Aramaic and Hebrew letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בית"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Phoenician letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Phoenician letter",
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Phoenician letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "alt": "beθ",
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "Syriac letter",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܒܝܬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Syriac letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Syriac letter",
      "word": "bet"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English non-lemma forms",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bēoþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bēoþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "bēon",
        "t": "to be"
      },
      "expansion": "bēon (“to be”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*biunþi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *biunþi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*beuną",
        "t": "to be, become"
      },
      "expansion": "*beuną (“to be, become”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bēoþ, present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English plural forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "been"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural present indicative of been"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "been",
          "been#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "beþ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English non-lemma forms",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "biþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English biþ",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "bith"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of bith"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bith",
          "bith#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "biþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "bith"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English non-lemma forms",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bēoþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bēoþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "bēon"
      },
      "expansion": "bēon",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*beuþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *beuþ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*beuną"
      },
      "expansion": "*beuną",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "beth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English plural imperative forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "been"
        }
      ],
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        "plural imperative of been"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "been",
          "been#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "beþ"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "·beth",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbeth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "verb form",
        "3": "",
        "head": "·beth"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "·beth"
      },
      "expansion": "·beth",
      "name": "sga-verb form"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "eth"
      },
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish non-lemma forms",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish verb forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "at·tá"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "at·tá",
          "attá#Old Irish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bʲeθ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "·bed"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Rhymes:Welsh/eː/1 syllable",
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    "Rhymes:Welsh/eːθ/1 syllable",
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    "Welsh interrogative pronouns",
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    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh pronouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "whatever; anyway",
      "word": "beth bynnag"
    },
    {
      "english": "whatever; anyway",
      "word": "ta beth"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "which thing"
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      "expansion": "pa beth (“which thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "thing"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "pa (“which”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*kʷezdis"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pronoun",
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dim"
    },
    {
      "english": "nothing",
      "word": "dim byd"
    },
    {
      "word": "pob dim"
    },
    {
      "english": "everything",
      "word": "popeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "something",
      "word": "rhywbeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "anything",
      "word": "unrhyw beth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "what?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beː/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "be’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "pa beth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beth"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh mutated nouns",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "peth",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thing"
      },
      "expansion": "peth (“thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: peth, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: mheth, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: pheth, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "beth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beth",
  "trace": ""
}

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