beste
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Basque *bertze, possibly from the root *beR-.[1] Compare berri (“new”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Determiner[edit]
beste
Usage notes[edit]
- Unlike most determiners in Basque, beste precedes the noun it determines and thus has no inflected forms. Due to this, it is often classified as an izenlagun.
- The corresponding pronoun is bestea.
References[edit]
- ^ “*berr-” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading[edit]
- "beste" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “beste” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
beste
- inflection of best, the superlative degree of goed:
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
beste
- inflection of gut:
Middle Dutch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
beste
- inflection of best:
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English betst, betest, from Proto-West Germanic *batist, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz (adjective), *batist (adverb).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
beste
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “best, adj. (sup.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.
Adverb[edit]
beste
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “best, adv. (sup.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-17.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
beste
- Alternative form of beeste
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.
Noun[edit]
beste f (plural bestes)
Descendants[edit]
Northern Sami[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bēste
- inflection of beastit:
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
beste
Noun[edit]
beste n
- the best
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Definite singular and plural of best.
Adjective[edit]
beste
- definite singular of best
- superlative degree definite singular of god
- superlative degree definite singular of bra
- plural of best
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
A clipping of bestefar m (“grandfather”) and bestemor f (“grandmother”). The first part also being from best (“best”).
Noun[edit]
beste m (definite singular besten, indefinite plural bestar, definite plural bestane)
Noun[edit]
beste f (definite singular besta, indefinite plural bester, definite plural bestene)
Etymology 3[edit]
A nominal use of Etymology 1.
Noun[edit]
beste n
Etymology 4[edit]
From Middle Low German basten, besten.
Alternative forms[edit]
- besta (a-infinitive)
Verb[edit]
beste (present tense bestar or bester, past tense besta or beste, supine and past participle besta or best, present participle bestande, imperative best)
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a semi-learned term borrowed partly from Latin bēstia. Compare bisse (modern French biche), which was popularly inherited from a variant (bīstia) of the same word. An alternative hypothesis derives beste from an unattested Vulgar Latin variant form *bēsta (deduced through a supposed diminutive form bēstula), though this is unlikely as it would assume there was a second popular variant of bēstia (bīstia being well attested).
Noun[edit]
beste oblique singular, f (oblique plural bestes, nominative singular beste, nominative plural bestes)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: beste
- French: bête
- Gallo: bestt
- Norman: baête (Cotentin), beyte (Pays de Caux, Pays de Rouen), beet (Sark)
- → Middle Dutch: beest
- → Middle English: beeste, beste, beest, best, beast, beaste
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
beste
- inflection of bestar:
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