riichtbéien
Luxembourgish
FWOTD – 14 June 2017
Etymology
From riicht (“straight”) + béien (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʀiːχtˌbeɪ̯en/, [ˈʀiːʑdˌbɜɪ̯ən]
Verb
riichtbéien (third-person singular present béit riicht, past participle riichtgebéit, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to put right, to rectify
- 2001, Jeanny Friedrich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:
- Dat kann ee verstoen... ower net, datt eisen 130 Joer alen „Institut Grand-Ducal / Section de Toponymie“ dat ni riichtgebéit huet
- One can understand that... but not that our 130-year-old "Institute Grand-Ducal / Toponymy Department" has not recitified it
- 2001, Jeanny Friedrich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:
Conjugation
| Regular, separable | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | riichtbéien | |
| participle | riichtgebéit | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | béien riicht | — |
| 2nd singular | béis riicht | béi riicht |
| 3rd singular | béit riicht | — |
| 1st plural | béien riicht | — |
| 2nd plural | béit riicht | béit riicht |
| 3rd plural | béien riicht | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||