bes
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English bes.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bes
- (now chiefly dialectal) third-person singular simple present indicative of be
- 1850, William Stevens Balch, Ireland, as I Saw it:
- She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares.
- 1916, The Windsor Magazine - Volume 44, page 353:
- "An' he bes free times as old as herself," he wailed, " an' ugly as a squid ! But he bes rich — rich as any marchant — an' for the bread an' the fixin's an' the gold she bes takin' 'im."
- 2005, Brenda Dooling, The Diamond Cage, →ISBN, page 236:
- And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.
- (dialectal, nonstandard) Present tense inflected form of be: am or are.
- 1850, William Stevens Balch, Ireland, as I Saw it:
- She bes there these five yare, an' has sint hoome foor her broother an' sister, the mooney for their passage, an' they bes goone these thra yares.
- 2005, Brenda Dooling, The Diamond Cage, →ISBN, page 236:
- And she bes white. Now, I bes what they use to call a house nigra. I don't work in no fields. And you know, I likes my color. Sho' not real fair, and not real dark either. I bes just who I be.
Usage notes[edit]
Into the Early Modern English period, be was still sometimes inflected like regular verbs in the ordinary present indicative (i.e. "they be", in addition to "they are"), although "he bes" was uncommon (compare "he beeth").[1] Today, such inflected forms are limited to the alternate, dynamic / lexical conjugation of be described in its Usage notes.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Henry Sweet, A Primer of Historical English Grammar (1893), page 88: The use of be in the pres. indic. is still kept up in Early MnE: I be, thou beest, they be, etc.; the form he bes is, however, very rare.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes (plural besses)
- (historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from a Vulgar Latin vissiō (attested in glosses). Compare Romanian băși, băs.
Verb[edit]
bes (past participle bishitã)
- I fart.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Balinese[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
bes
Catalan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Latin basium, from Proto-Indo-European *bu. Compare Occitan bais, Spanish beso, Italian bacio.
Noun[edit]
bes m (plural besos)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Inherited from Latin versus. Doublet of vers.
Noun[edit]
bes m (plural bessos)
Further reading[edit]
- “bes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chipewyan[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes
Cornish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *bɨd, from Proto-Celtic *bitus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes m (plural besow)
Mutation[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch bes, from Old Dutch besi, from Proto-Germanic *basją. Compare English berry, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).
Noun[edit]
bes f (plural bessen, diminutive besje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
bes f (plural bessen, diminutive besje n)
Etymology 3[edit]
Backformation from besje, from older bestje, from bestemoer or bestemoeder (“grandma, old woman”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes f (plural bessen, diminutive besje n)
- (chiefly diminutive) an old woman
Kashubian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ.
Noun[edit]
bes m inan
Further reading[edit]
- “bes”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “bez”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a derivative of *duō (“two”) (compare bis) + as.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes m (genitive bessis); third declension
- two-thirds, or a two-thirds part of any unit
- a coin worth two-thirds of an as
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | bes | bessēs |
Genitive | bessis | bessium |
Dative | bessī | bessibus |
Accusative | bessem | bessēs bessīs |
Ablative | besse | bessibus |
Vocative | bes | bessēs |
References[edit]
- bes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes (Jawi spelling بيس, plural bes-bes, informal 1st possessive besku, 2nd possessive besmu, 3rd possessive besnya)
- (chemistry) base, any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
Alternative forms[edit]
- basa (Indonesian)
Further reading[edit]
- “bes” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A version of bith with the third-person singular ending replaced with -es as in other verbs (in some dialects) and the vowel of the infinitive been leveled in.
Verb[edit]
bes
- Alternative form of bith
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
bes
- passive form of be
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bes
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bes | bes pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbes |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Papiamentu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese vez and Spanish vez and Kabuverdianu vés.
Noun[edit]
bes
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běsъ (“evil spirit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bȇs m (Cyrillic spelling бе̑с)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes m (plural beses)
Noun[edit]
bes f pl
Further reading[edit]
- “bes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
bes
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping from English best friend.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bes
- (colloquial, women's speech, gay slang) endearing term of address for one's friend, especially a close friend or bestfriend: friend; best friend
Usage notes[edit]
- The word is typically used by women, and may sound effeminate when used by men.
Related terms[edit]
Western Yugur[edit]
< 4 | 5 | 6 > |
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Cardinal : bes | ||
Numeral[edit]
bes
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