bek

Borrowed from Russian бек (bek). Doublet of bey and beg.

bek (plural beks)

1. Alternative form of bey (“Turkish governor”).

• Keb, KBE, keb, BKE, ebk

From Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Vulgar Latin beccus.

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/

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bek (plural bekke, diminutive bekkie)

1. beak
2. mouth of an animal
3. (derogatory) mouth of a human

• IPA^(key): /bɛːk/

bek

1. fat

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕk, bök (“full; filling, plentiful, abundant”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bhiiʔ (“sated, full”). Akin to Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦏ꧀ (kebak).

• IPA^(key): /bək/

bek (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬓ᭄)

1. full

• “bek” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

bek

1. ergative indefinite of be

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: beg

bek m inan

1. bleat

   Synonyms: bekot, bečení

   • 1902, Josef K. Šlejhar, Temno‎^[1], J. Otto, page 210:

     V tu dobu zase žalný bekot telátka přerývavě zazněl z chléva. Nejistý, bázlivý byl to bek […]

     Sad bleating was heard disjointedly from the barn in that time. It was uncertain, timid bleating […]

2. cry

   Synonyms: pláč, brek, brekot, brečení

   • 1900, Josef Holeček, Květy‎^[2], volume 45:

     Frantík tentokrát nedal se pro sklamání do beku.

     This time Frantík didn't start crying because of his disappointment.

bek

1. (onomatopoeia) the characteristic bark of a roe deer
   • 2015, Karel Čapek, Hordubal‎^[3], KKnihy.cz, →ISBN, page 37:

     Bek, bek, povídá, zadupe kopýtky a kluše dál.

     "Bark, bark", she says, stamps with her little hooves and keeps trotting.

From back, which was borrowed from English back. See also bachyně.^[1]

• back (archaic)

bek m anim

1. (colloquial, sports) back [20th c.]

   Synonyms: obránce, zadák

   Antonyms: útočník, forward

   • 1996, Bohumil Hrabal, Ze zápisníku zapisovatele‎^[4], Praha: Pražská imaginace, →ISBN, page 251:

     Vojta Bradáč dvěma góly vyrovnal a pak zdánlivě kulhající Puč najednou nekulhal, obešel halvy, pak po něm vystartoval bek Černý, ale Puč dělovkou překonal brankáře Tichého a já jsem odcházel z hřiště smutný…

     Vojta Bradáč equalized with two goals and then seemingly limping Puč suddenly wasn't limping, got through the half-backs, then back Černý started off against him, but Puč defeated goalkeeper Tichý with a hard shot and I was leaving the pitch sad…

bek m inan

1. (inanimate, colloquial, sports) defense (portion of a team dedicated to defending) [20th c.]

   Synonyms: obrana, defenziva, defenzíva

   Antonyms: útok, ofenziva, ofenzíva

   • 1999, Vlasta Chramostová, Vlasta Chramostová‎^[5], Brno: Doplněk, →ISBN, page 176:

     Standíkovi bylo třináct čtrnáct a hrál na beku.

     Standík was thirteen or fourteen and played in the defense.

• “bek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/

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• Hyphenation: bek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

From Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus.

bek m (plural bekken, diminutive bekje n)

1. a bird's beak

   Synonym: snavel

   De raaf had een stuk kaas in zijn bek.

   The raven held a piece of cheese in its beak.

2. any animal's mouth (such as a snout)
3. (informal, rude) a human mouth

   Hou je bek!

   Shut your trap!

• Afrikaans: bek
• Negerhollands: biek
• Petjo: bek
• → Antillean Creole: béc aou (Martinique)
• → Papiamentu: bek (dated)

bek

1. inflection of bekken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛk/ [ˈbɛk̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: bek

From Dutch back, from English back, from Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰogo (literally “bending”).

bèk (plural bek-bek)

1. (sports, soccer) back, (in some team sports, a position behind most players on the team)

Unknown, probably from Dutch beg, from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg), from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (b²g /⁠bég⁠/, “chief, titled man”).

bèk (plural bek-bek)

1. (obsolete) chief of a village

• “bek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Turkic *bek.

bek

1. strong, firm, solid

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bek”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

bek

1. water

From Old Norse bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Old Saxon pik, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. See also Dutch pek, German Pech, Swedish beck.

bek n (definite singular beket, indefinite plural bek, definite plural beka or bekene)

1. pitch (a dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar)

• bekmørk (“pitch-dark”)

• “bek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English back.

bek

1. back, again

bek

1. back

Borrowed from Low German bäk

bek m ?

1. stream

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• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “bek”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 37
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Bec”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 40

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: bek
• Homophones: beg, Beg

Onomatopoeic.

bek m inan

1. bleat (cry of a sheep or goat)
2. (colloquial) wail

Borrowed from English back.

bek m pers

1. (dated, sports) defender

   Synonym: obrońca

Borrowed from Romanian bec.

bek m inan

1. (Podhale) light bulb

   Synonym: żarówka

Deverbal from bekać.

bek m inan

1. (colloquial) belch, burp

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bek f

1. genitive plural of beka

• bek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• beuk

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bək ~ *buk ~ *buək (“to bind (round)”). Cognate with Mon ဗိုက် (pàk, “to put round”), Vietnamese buộc (“to bind”), Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] pôk-hata/pôko (“to bind, tie”).

bek^[1]

1. to bind; to tie

From English bag.

bek

1. bag

From English back.

bek

1. back
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:

     Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”

     →New International Version translation

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *bǟg,^[1] from Proto-Iranian *bagáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. Doublet of biy.

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/, [bɛk̟]
• Hyphenation: bek

bek (plural beklar)

1. (historical) a title of local officials, beg