bont

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Etymology

From Dutch bont.

Adjective

bont (attributive bonte, comparative bonter, superlative bontste)

  1. motley, pied, especially in black-and-white

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bont m (plural bontoù)

  1. plug

Inflection

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  Mutation of bont  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bont vont unchanged pont
plural bontoù vontoù unchanged pontoù

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch bont, probably from Latin punctus (“striped”) (thus a doublet of punt); compare German bunt.[1] The noun is derived from the adjective: originally the noun referred to furs of variegated color.

Pronunciation

Noun

bont n (uncountable, diminutive bontje n)

  1. fur

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Sranan Tongo: bont

Adjective

bont (comparative bonter, superlative bontst)

  1. motley, variegated, multi-colored
  2. (by extension) mixed, varied, heterogeneous

Declension

Declension of bont
uninflected bont
inflected bonte
comparative bonter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bont bonter het bontst
het bontste
indefinite m./f. sing. bonte bontere bontste
n. sing. bont bonter bontste
plural bonte bontere bontste
definite bonte bontere bontste
partitive bonts bonters —

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “bontebok”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Hungarian

Etymology 1

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

bont

  1. (transitive) to demolish, pull down
  2. (transitive) to take apart, disassemble, dismantle, fractionate
  3. (transitive) to undo, untie, open
  4. (transitive) to sever, disconnect, split, cut off
  5. (transitive) to break down (in statistics)
Conjugation
conjugation of bont
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. bontok bontasz bont bontunk bontotok bontanak
Def. bontom bontod bontja bontjuk bontjátok bontják
2nd-p. o. bontalak ―
Past Indef. bontottam bontottál bontott bontottunk bontottatok bontottak
Def. bontottam bontottad bontotta bontottuk bontottátok bontották
2nd-p. o. bontottalak ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. bontani fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. bonték bontál bonta bontánk bontátok bontának
Def. bontám bontád bontá bontánk bontátok bonták
2nd-p. o. bontálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bont vala, bontott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. bontandok bontandasz bontand bontandunk bontandotok bontandanak
Def. bontandom bontandod bontandja bontandjuk bontandjátok bontandják
2nd-p. o. bontandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. bontanék bontanál bontana bontanánk bontanátok bontanának
Def. bontanám bontanád bontaná bontanánk
(or bontanók) 		bontanátok bontanák
2nd-p. o. bontanálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bontott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. bontsak bonts or
bontsál 		bontson bontsunk bontsatok bontsanak
Def. bontsam bontsd or
bontsad 		bontsa bontsuk bontsátok bontsák
2nd-p. o. bontsalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bontott légyen
Infinitive bontani bontanom bontanod bontania bontanunk bontanotok bontaniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
bontás bontó bontott bontandó bontva (bontván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of bont
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. bonthatok bonthatsz bonthat bonthatunk bonthattok bonthatnak
Def. bonthatom bonthatod bonthatja bonthatjuk bonthatjátok bonthatják
2nd-p. o. bonthatlak ―
Past Indef. bonthattam bonthattál bonthatott bonthattunk bonthattatok bonthattak
Def. bonthattam bonthattad bonthatta bonthattuk bonthattátok bonthatták
2nd-p. o. bonthattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. bonthaték bonthatál bonthata bonthatánk bonthatátok bonthatának
Def. bonthatám bonthatád bonthatá bonthatánk bonthatátok bonthaták
2nd-p. o. bonthatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. bonthat vala, bonthatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. bonthatandok
or bontandhatok 		bonthatandasz
or bontandhatsz 		bonthatand
or bontandhat 		bonthatandunk
or bontandhatunk 		bonthatandotok
or bontandhattok 		bonthatandanak
or bontandhatnak
Def. bonthatandom
or bontandhatom 		bonthatandod
or bontandhatod 		bonthatandja
or bontandhatja 		bonthatandjuk
or bontandhatjuk 		bonthatandjátok
or bontandhatjátok 		bonthatandják
or bontandhatják
2nd-p. o. bonthatandalak
or bontandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. bonthatnék bonthatnál bonthatna bonthatnánk bonthatnátok bonthatnának
Def. bonthatnám bonthatnád bonthatná bonthatnánk
(or bonthatnók) 		bonthatnátok bonthatnák
2nd-p. o. bonthatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bonthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. bonthassak bonthass or
bonthassál 		bonthasson bonthassunk bonthassatok bonthassanak
Def. bonthassam bonthasd or
bonthassad 		bonthassa bonthassuk bonthassátok bonthassák
2nd-p. o. bonthassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bonthatott légyen
Inf. (bonthatni) (bonthatnom) (bonthatnod) (bonthatnia) (bonthatnunk) (bonthatnotok) (bonthatniuk)
Positive adjective bontható Neg. adj. bonthatatlan Adv. part. (bonthatva / bonthatván)
Derived terms
Compound words

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

bon (“voucher”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

bont

  1. accusative singular of bon

References

  1. ^ bont in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • bont in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bont in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Maltese

Root
b-n-t
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

bont m (plural bnut)

  1. stem

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

bont m or n (feminine singular boantă, masculine plural bonți, feminine and neuter plural boante)

  1. dull, blunt
    Synonym: tocit
    Antonym: ascuțit

Declension

Declension of bont
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite bont boantă bonți boante
definite bontul boanta bonții boantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite bont boante bonți boante
definite bontului boantei bonților boantelor

References

  1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 196

Welsh

Noun

bont

  1. Soft mutation of pont.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pont bont mhont phont
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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