bai̯t

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Verb

bai̯t impf

1. (transitive) to beat
   • 1705, Christian Hennig, Vocabularium Venedicum:

     Bėjĕ så omåŕåm

     He beats with a hammer

2. (transitive, agriculture) to thresh

Declension

• (third-person singular present): bėjĕ
• (third-person dual present): bėjăto să
• (third-person plural present): bėją să
• (second-person singular imperative): bėi̯
• (masculine plural past): bėjăs
• (past passive participle): bai̯tĕ

Related terms

• ai̯bĕt pf

 

References

• Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “bai̯t”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 24
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “bait”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 36
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Beit”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 44