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Beth
Beth
English
Proper noun
Beth
- A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth, Elisabeth, and sometimes Bethany. Also a formal given name or middle name.
beth
beth
English
Alternative forms
Noun
beth (plural beths)
- The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
- The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
- The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
Translations
Phoenician letter
Syriac letter
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See also
- Appendix:Hebrew alphabet
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲeθ/
Verb
·beth
- third-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| beth | beth pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbeth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Welsh
Alternative forms
- be’ (colloquial)
- pa beth (literary)
Etymology
Originally the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“what”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːθ/
Pronoun
beth
- what?
Noun
beth
- Soft mutation of peth.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| peth | beth | mheth | pheth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||