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beiða

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See also: Běidà

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse beiða, from Proto-Germanic *baidijaną.

    Verb

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    beiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beiddi, supine beitt)

    1. to ask, to request [with accusative and genitive]
      Synonyms: biðja, beiðast
    Conjugation
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    beiða – active voice (germynd)
    infinitive nafnháttur beiða
    supine sagnbót beitt
    present participle
    beiðandi
    indicative
    subjunctive
    present
    past
    present
    past
    singular ég beiði beiddi beiði beiddi
    þú beiðir beiddir beiðir beiddir
    hann, hún, það beiðir beiddi beiði beiddi
    plural við beiðum beiddum beiðum beiddum
    þið beiðið beidduð beiðið beidduð
    þeir, þær, þau beiða beiddu beiði beiddu
    imperative boðháttur
    singular þú beið (þú), beiddu
    plural þið beiðið (þið), beiðiði1
    1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
    beiðast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
    infinitive nafnháttur beiðast
    supine sagnbót beiðst
    present participle
    beiðandist (rare; see appendix)
    indicative
    subjunctive
    present
    past
    present
    past
    singular ég beiðist beiddist beiðist beiddist
    þú beiðist beiddist beiðist beiddist
    hann, hún, það beiðist beiddist beiðist beiddist
    plural við beiðumst beiddumst beiðumst beiddumst
    þið beiðist beiddust beiðist beiddust
    þeir, þær, þau beiðast beiddust beiðist beiddust
    imperative boðháttur
    singular þú beiðst (þú), beiðstu
    plural þið beiðist (þið), beiðisti1
    1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
    beiddur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
    strong declension
    (sterk beyging)
    singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
    masculine
    (karlkyn)
    feminine
    (kvenkyn)
    neuter
    (hvorugkyn)
    masculine
    (karlkyn)
    feminine
    (kvenkyn)
    neuter
    (hvorugkyn)
    nominative
    (nefnifall)
    beiddur beidd beitt beiddir beiddar beidd
    accusative
    (þolfall)
    beiddan beidda beitt beidda beiddar beidd
    dative
    (þágufall)
    beiddum beiddri beiddu beiddum beiddum beiddum
    genitive
    (eignarfall)
    beidds beiddrar beidds beiddra beiddra beiddra
    weak declension
    (veik beyging)
    singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
    masculine
    (karlkyn)
    feminine
    (kvenkyn)
    neuter
    (hvorugkyn)
    masculine
    (karlkyn)
    feminine
    (kvenkyn)
    neuter
    (hvorugkyn)
    nominative
    (nefnifall)
    beiddi beidda beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu
    accusative
    (þolfall)
    beidda beiddu beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu
    dative
    (þágufall)
    beidda beiddu beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu
    genitive
    (eignarfall)
    beidda beiddu beidda beiddu beiddu beiddu

    Etymology 2

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

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    beiða f (genitive singular beiðu, nominative plural beiður)

    1. (rare) mantis, praying mantis
    Declension
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    Declension of beiða (feminine)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative beiða beiðan beiður beiðurnar
    accusative beiðu beiðuna beiður beiðurnar
    dative beiðu beiðunni beiðum beiðunum
    genitive beiðu beiðunnar beiða beiðanna

    References

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    • beiða”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024

    Old Norse

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    Etymology

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      Causative of bíða. From Proto-Germanic *baidijaną (to demand),

      Verb

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      beiða (singular past indicative beiddi, plural past indicative beiddu, past participle beiddr)

      1. to ask, beg, request
        1. to ask [with accusative or dative ‘someone’, along with genitive ‘for something’]
        2. beiða lǫgbeiðing
          to make a lawful request
          [with accusative]

      Conjugation

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      Conjugation of beiða — active (weak class 1)
      infinitive beiða
      present participle beiðandi
      past participle beiddr
      indicative subjunctive
      present past present past
      1st person singular beiði beidda beiða beidda
      2nd person singular beiðir beiddir beiðir beiddir
      3rd person singular beiðir beiddi beiði beiddi
      1st person plural beiðum beiddum beiðim beiddim
      2nd person plural beiðið beidduð beiðið beiddið
      3rd person plural beiða beiddu beiði beiddi
      imperative present
      2nd person singular beið, beiði
      1st person plural beiðum
      2nd person plural beiðið
      Conjugation of beiða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
      infinitive beiðask
      present participle beiðandisk
      past participle beizk
      indicative subjunctive
      present past present past
      1st person singular beiðumk beiddumk beiðumk beiddumk
      2nd person singular beiðisk beiddisk beiðisk beiddisk
      3rd person singular beiðisk beiddisk beiðisk beiddisk
      1st person plural beiðumsk beiddumsk beiðimsk beiddimsk
      2nd person plural beiðizk beidduzk beiðizk beiddizk
      3rd person plural beiðask beiddusk beiðisk beiddisk
      imperative present
      2nd person singular beizk, beiðisk
      1st person plural beiðumsk
      2nd person plural beiðizk

      Derived terms

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      • beiddr (unwilling, reluctant)
      • beiðing f (request, demand)
      • beiðni f (request, demand)
      • beiðsla f (request, demand)
      • beizla f (request, demand)
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      Descendants

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      • Icelandic: beiða
      • Faroese: beiða
      • Old Swedish: bēþa

      Further reading

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      • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beiða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45; also available at the Internet Archive