buit

buit

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœi̯t/

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Noun

buit (uncountable)

1. The booty, spoils.

Derived terms

• buitmaak
• krygsbuit
• oorlogsbuit

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan buit, from Vulgar Latin *vŏcĭtus (compare compare Occitan voide~void~vued, Old French vuit (modern vide), Italian vuoto), itself related to vocuus, from Latin vacuus, or perhaps a participle of a Vulgar Latin verb *vŏcāre, *vŏcĕre as a variant of Latin vacō, vacāre (“be empty”)[1] (or alternatively a variant of vacĭtus as a participle of a *vacĕre).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbujt/

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• Rhymes: -ujt
• Homophone: vuit (Central)

Adjective

buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)

1. vacant
2. empty

Antonyms

• ple

Derived terms

• buidar
• buidesa
• buidor

Noun

buit m (plural buits)

1. empty space; gap
2. vacuum
3. void

References

1. “buit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

• “buit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “buit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “buit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• buyt, buet (archaic)

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”).[1] If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.[2] [3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯t/
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [bɜʏ̯t]
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [bœːt]

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• Hyphenation: buit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

buit m (uncountable)

1. The spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war.
2. The loot, fruits of crime.
3. A hunter's prey.
4. The gains, as in a game of chance.

Derived terms

• buitmaken
• buitrecht
• jachtbuit
• krijgsbuit
• oorlogsbuit
• uitbuiten
• vrijbuiten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buit
• → West Frisian: bût, bút

References

1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
2. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (buit, supplement)
3. Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology