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See also: Beth and beð

English

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Etymology

From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (house). Doublet of beta.

Pronunciation

Noun

beth (plural beths)

  1. The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
  2. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
  3. The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bēoþ, present plural of bēon (to be), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (to be, become).

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Verb

beth

  1. plural present indicative of been
Usage notes

The usual plural form of been is aren in the North, been in the Midlands, and beth in the South; sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

Etymology 2

From Old English biþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in.

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Verb

beth

  1. Alternative form of bith

Etymology 3

From Old English bēoþ, plural imperative form of bēon, from Proto-Germanic *beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of *beuną.

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Verb

beth

  1. plural imperative of been

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

Verb

·beth

  1. third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
beth beth
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbeth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Etymology 1

Originally pa beth (which thing) with the soft mutation of peth (thing) after pa (which), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.

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Pronoun

beth

  1. what?
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Etymology 2

See peth (thing).

Pronunciation

Noun

beth

  1. Soft mutation of peth.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
peth beth mheth pheth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.