bai̯t

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *biti.

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
  • Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński; Kazimierz Polański (1962), “bai̯t”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological dictionary of the Polabian Drevani language] (in Polish), volume 1: A — Ďüzd, Wrocław – Warszawa – Kraków: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, page 24
  • Kazimierz Polański; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “bait”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 36
  • Reinhold Olesch (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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