beth
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
beth
- ב (second letter of the Aramaic and Hebrew alphabet)
- 𐤁 (second letter of the Phoenician abjad)
- ܒ (second letter of the Syriac abjad)
Translations [edit]
Aramaic and Hebrew letter
Phoenician letter
Syriac letter
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See also [edit]
Old Irish [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bʲeθ/
Verb [edit]
·beth
- third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá
Mutation [edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| 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. |
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Welsh [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Welsh peth, from Proto-Celtic *kʷeti ‘what?’ (compare Cornish pyth, Breton pet ‘how many’, Irish caidé), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéti ~ *kʷóti ‘how much, how many’ (compare Latin quot, Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos), Avestan čaiti).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [beːθ]
Pronoun [edit]
beth
- what?
