butan
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Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]butan m inan
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “butan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “butan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “butan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, from *bī (“by”) + *ūtan, dative of Proto-West Germanic *ūtō (“exterior, outside”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”)), corresponding to be- + ūtan.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]būtan
- without, except for, besides (+ dative)
- Hū biþ middanġeard būtan ūs?
- What will the world be like without us?
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Greater Litany"
- Būtan þām ǣhtum, ġelīċe sind þā þe biddaþ and þā þe hīe æt biddaþ.
- Apart from possessions, beggars are the same as the people they beg from.
- outside of (+ dative)
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Suburbānus: sē þe sitt būtan þǣre byrġ.
- Suburbanus: someone who lives outside the city.
- c. 992, Ælfric, St. Benedict, Abbot
- Hwæt cwist þū, sweostor? Ne mæġ iċ nāteshwon būtan mynstre nihtes wunian.
- What are you saying, sister? Ain't no way I can stay outside the monastery at night.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- for all, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding (+ dative)
- Synonym: for
Conjunction
[edit]būtan
- (with the subjunctive) unless
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Universal Faith"
- Būtan ġē hit ġelīefen, ne magon ġē hit understandan.
- Unless you believe it, you can't understand it.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
- We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Universal Faith"
- except for, but
- Hwæt is līf būtan swefn?
- What is life but a dream?
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Sēo leofaþ nū þē, þē ānum, for þon þe hēo nāwiht elles ne lufaþ būtan þē.
- Now she lives for you, only you, because she loves nothing else but you.
- except
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
- We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
Adverb
[edit]būtan
- (usually with a negative) merely, only, just
- Þā næs iċ būtan ċild.
- I was only a child then.
- Hwæt mæġ iċ dōn? Iċ neom būtan ān mann.
- What can I do? I'm just one person.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Æfter þām hīe ġesetton tictātor þæt hē sċolde bēon hearra ofer þā consulas, sē wæs hāten Decius Iūnius. Hē næs būtan seofontīenewintre.
- After that, they chose a dictator to rule over the consuls, whose name was Decius Junius. He was only seventeen years old.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “but”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; compare English butane, French butane, German Butan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]butan m inan (related adjective butanowy)
- butane (hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions)
Declension
[edit]Declension of butan
Further reading
[edit]- butan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- butan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- butan in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/N-butane.svg/220px-N-butane.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]butan m (plural butani)
Declension
[edit]Declension of butan
Serbo-Croatian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)
Declension
[edit]Declension of butan
Slovene
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[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]butȃn m inan
Inflection
[edit]Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | bután | |
genitive | butána | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
bután | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
butána | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
butánu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
bután | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
butánu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
butánom |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin butyrum (“butter”) + -an.
Noun
[edit]butan n
Declension
[edit]Declension of butan | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | butan | butanet | — | — |
Genitive | butans | butanets | — | — |
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[edit]Noun
[edit]butan (nominative plural butans)
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