bied

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bit]
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Verb

bied (present bied, present participle biedende, past participle gebied)

  1. to offer

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bied

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

Maltese

Root
b-j-d
17 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاضَ (bāḍa). The phonetically expected form is archaic bad, but the vowel was altered by analogy (as in many other hollow roots).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːt

Verb

bied (imperfect jbid, past participle mibjud, verbal noun bidien)

  1. to lay (eggs)
    It-tiġieġa biedet tliet bajdiet.The chicken laid three eggs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bied (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bidt bidt bied bidna bidtu biedu
f biedet
imperfect m nbid tbid jbid nbidu tbidu jbidu
f tbid
imperative bid bidu

Volapük

Noun

bied (nominative plural bieds)

  1. bitterness

Declension

Declension of bied
singular plural
nominative bied bieds
genitive bieda biedas
dative biede biedes
accusative biedi biedis
vocative 1 o bied! o bieds!
predicative 2 biedu biedus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

  • biedadrined
  • biedavat
  • biedik
  • biedil
  • biedilik
  • biedin
  • biedäd
  • biedäl
  • biedälam
  • biedälik
  • biedälikön
  • biedälön
  • biedälükön
  • biedön
  • biedükam
  • biedükön
  • laktukabiedin
  • stomägabiedäd