biet
See also: biết and biệt
Danish
Verb
biet
- past participle of bie
Dutch
Alternative forms
- beet
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bete, from Latin bēta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bit/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: biet
- Rhymes: -it
- Homophones: beat, bied, biedt
Noun
biet f (plural bieten, diminutive bietje n)
- beet, beetroot plant or tuber of the genus Beta, esp. Beta vulgaris
Derived terms
- bietensap
- rode biet
- snijbiet
- suikerbiet
- voederbiet
Descendants
- Afrikaans: beet
- → Indonesian: beet
Luxembourgish
Verb
biet
- inflection of bieden:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person singular/plural imperative
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| b-j-t |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic بَاتَ (bāta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪːt/
Verb
biet (imperfect jbit, past participle mibjut)
- to spend the night, to stay overnight
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Romanian
Etymology
Unknown. Most probably from Latin vetus (in which case it is related to bătrân (“old”)), via the sense of 'poor old'. Perhaps semantically influenced by Slavic *bědьnъ (“poor”), if not entirely derived from it. Compare Italian vieto (“old”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjet/
Audio (file)
Adjective
biet m or n (feminine singular biată, masculine plural bieți, feminine and neuter plural biete)
- poor, unhappy, sad
- Bietul băiat! ― Poor boy!
Usage notes
Unlike most adjectives, biet can only be used before the noun it modifies.
Declension
Declension of biet
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | biet | biată | bieți | biete | ||
| definite | bietul | biata | bieții | bietele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | biet | biete | bieți | biete | ||
| definite | bietului | bietei | bieților | bietelor | |||
Swedish
Noun
biet
- definite singular of bi.
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈet/
Noun
biet (nominative plural biets)
- bitterness
Declension
declension of biet
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | biet | biets |
| genitive | bieta | bietas |
| dative | biete | bietes |
| accusative | bieti | bietis |
| vocative 1 | o biet! | o biets! |
| predicative 2 | bietu | bietus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
See also
- bied