bedel

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English [edit]

Noun [edit]

bedel (plural bedels)

  1. Obsolete form of beadle.

Afrikaans [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Dutch bedelen.

Verb [edit]

bedel (past participle gebedel)

  1. To beg

Crimean Tatar [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Noun [edit]

bedel

  1. A toll, due, fee, contribution

Declension [edit]

    declension of bedel
nominative bedel
genitive bedelniñ
dative bedelge
accusative bedelni
locative bedelde
ablative bedelden

Dutch [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

See bedelen

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: 'beːdǝl

Noun [edit]

bedel m (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje)

  1. The practice of begging, mendinancy
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Verb [edit]

bedel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bedelen
  2. imperative of bedelen

Etymology 2 [edit]

From German Pedell, from medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence also pedel, French bedeau, Italian bidello)

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Noun [edit]

bedel m (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje)

  1. (obsolete) A beadle, academic usher
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Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence Italian bidello; also Dutch bedel, German Pedell), from Frankish *bidil (“candidate, volunteer”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil (“herald, beadle”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to comprehend, make aware”). Akin to Old High German bitil "candidate", Old High German bittan "to ask", Old High German butil "beadle" (whence German Büttel), Old English bydel "apparitor, messenger, beadle", Old English bēodan "to announce". More at beadle, bid.

Noun [edit]

bedel m (oblique plural bedeaus, nominative singular bedeaus, nominative plural bedel)

  1. A beadle, academic usher

Descendants [edit]

Spanish [edit]

Noun [edit]

bedel m and f (plural bedeles)

  1. janitor, porter

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