bant

English

Etymology

Clipping of banter.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænt

Noun

bant (uncountable)

1. (slang) Clipping of banter.

See also

• banting

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod, stick; barrier made of sticks, fence”). Cognate with German Wand, Dutch wand, Icelandic vendi.

Noun

bant f (plural bénte) (Sette Comuni)

1. wall, partition

   De bénte zeint de innanten maurn bon hòizarn.

   The partitions are the inner walls of houses.

2. twelve fathoms

Declension

References

• “bant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Verb

bant

1. inflection of bannen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bana, banet

Verb

bant

1. past participle of bane (Etymology 3)

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Band. First attested in 1394.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bant/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bant/

Noun

bant m animacy unattested

1. ring in the rocker of doors used as a basic hinge
   • 1874 [1394], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume XV, page 63:

     Pro III instrumentis dictis banthy, in quibus hostia dependent

     [Pro III instrumentis dictis banty, in quibus hostia dependent]

2. rafter bolt
   • 1879 [1461], Sprawozdania Komisji do Badania Historii Sztuki w Polsce, volume V, page XXIX:

     Emi sexagenam tignorum super banthi

     [Emi sexagenam tignorum super banty]

Descendants

• Polish: bant

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “bant”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

banta

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈbant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: bant
• Homophone: band

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bant, from German Band.

Alternative forms

• banta

Noun

bant m inan

1. (nautical) posted beam (wide cloth strip sewn onto sails to increase durability)
2. (Middle Polish) rafter bolt

   Hypernym: belka

3. (obsolete) ring, band

   Synonyms: obręcz, opaska

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bant f

1. genitive plural of banta

References

Further reading

• bant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bant”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Danuta Lankiewicz (17.06.2020) “*BANT, *BANTA, BANDA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 95
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bant on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl
• bant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Etymology 1

From i bant (“to (the) hollow/valley”).

Adverb

bant

1. (South Wales, colloquial) away, off

   Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair

   He drove away / off, without saying a word

   Synonym: i ffwrdd

2. (South Wales, colloquial) off (not in an operating state)

   Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?

   Is the computer off?

   Synonym: i ffwrdd

   Antonym: ymlaen

Derived terms

• amser bant (“time away, time off”)
• bant â hi (“slapdash”)
• bant â'r cart (“off we go”)
• diwrnod bant (“day away, day off”)

Mutation

As bant is already the soft mutation of pant, it cannot be further mutated.

Etymology 2

Noun

bant

1. Soft mutation of pant.

Mutation