beite

See also: béite

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (to wait, await), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (to trust). Cognate with German beiten, English bide, Icelandic bíða, Danish bie, Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan).

Verb

beite

  1. (Uri) to wait

References

  • Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.: "bæıtte, warten, ahd. beiten"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally the verbal of necessity of (to be) (compare Old Irish buithi).

Adjective

beite

  1. (literary) right, proper

Declension

Declension of beite
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beite bheite beite;
bheite2
vocative bheite beite
genitive beite beite beite
dative beite;
bheite1
bheite beite;
bheite2
Comparative níos beite
Superlative is beite

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of beite
radical lenition eclipsis
beite bheite mbeite

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

beite

  1. alternative form of bayte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse beiti (noun) and beita (verb).

Noun

beite n (definite singular beitet, indefinite plural beiter, definite plural beita or beitene)

  1. pasture (land used for grazing by animals)

Derived terms

Verb

beite (imperative beit, present tense beiter, passive beites, simple past and past participle beita or beitet, present participle beitende)

  1. to graze (of animals)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse beiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bɛɪːtə/

Noun

beite n (definite singular beitet, indefinite plural beite, definite plural beita)

  1. pasture; land area, cultivated or not, where animals may feed on the vegetation
    Har du dyra dine på beite no?
    Are your animals in the pasture now?

Derived terms

Verb

beite (present tense beitar/beiter, past tense beita/beitte, past participle beita/beitt, passive infinitive beitast, present participle beitande, imperative beite/beit)

  1. alternative form of beita

References

Old Irish

Verb

beite

  1. third-person plural future relative of at·tá

Volapük

Noun

beite

  1. dative singular of beit