From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house byacrophony, ultimately fromProto-Semitic*bayt-(“house”).Doublet ofbeta.
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| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | — | beth | beth | — |
| Momentaneous (Toklat-Bearpaw) | — | beɬ | beɬ | — |
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FromOld Englishbēoþ, present plural ofbēon(“to be”), fromProto-Germanic*biunþi, third-person present plural of*beuną(“to be, become”).
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The usual plural form ofbeen isaren in the North,been in the Midlands, andbeth in the South;sind also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.
FromOld Englishbiþ, with the vowel of the infinitive leveled in.
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FromOld Englishbēoþ, plural imperative form ofbēon, fromProto-Germanic*beuþ, second-person plural imperative form of*beuną.
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·beth
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| beth | beth pronounced with/βʲ-/ | mbeth |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Originallypa beth(“which thing”) with the soft mutation ofpeth(“thing”) afterpa(“which”), fromProto-Celtic*kʷezdis.
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Seepeth(“thing”).
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