Beda

See also: beda, Béda, bēda, běda, Béďa, bēdā, and będą

English

Noun

Beda (plural Bedas)

1. Obsolete form of Vedda.

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Bäda (spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɛːd̥ɐ/

Proper noun

Beda

1. a male given name, Bavarian form of Peter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: Bè‧da

Proper noun

Beda m

1. Bede (English monk and scholar)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛ.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛː.da]

Proper noun

Beda m sg (genitive Bedae); first declension

1. Bede (English monk and scholar)

   Beda Venerābilis ― the Venerable Bede

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Beda
genitive	Bedae
dative	Bedae
accusative	Bedam
ablative	Bedā
vocative	Beda

Old English

Alternative forms

• Bieda

Etymology

Related to beodan (“announce, offer”) or gebed (“prayer”), two separate Germanic roots that merged in many branches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.dɑ/

Proper noun

Beda m

1. a male given name, notably held by the Venerable Bede.
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCXXXIIII Hēr wæs sē mōna swylċe hē wǣre mid blōde begoten, ⁊ forðferdan Tātwine ⁊ Beda.

     Year 734 In this year it was as if the moon was covered in blood, and Tatwine and Beda died.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	Beda	—
accusative	Bedan	—
genitive	Bedan	—
dative	Bedan	—

Slovene

Proper noun

Beda m animacy unspecified

1. (obsolete) a male given name

Further reading

• “Beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Proper noun

Beda m

1. Bede (English monk and scholar)