bai̯t

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Verb

bai̯t impf

  1. (transitive) to beat
    • 1705, Christian Hennig, Vocabularium Venedicum:
      Bėjĕ så omåŕåm
      He beats with a hammer
  2. (transitive, agriculture) to thresh

Declension
  • (third-person singular present): bėjĕ
  • (third-person dual present): bėjăto să
  • (third-person plural present): bėją să
  • (second-person singular imperative): bėi̯
  • (masculine plural past): bėjăs
  • (past passive participle): bai̯tĕ

References
  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “bai̯t”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 24
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “bait”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 36
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Beit”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 44
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