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bebo
bebo
See also: bê bò
Latin
Etymology
From an onomatopeic Proto-Indo-European *bē-. Compare Ancient Greek βῆ (bê) and Latin balō (“I bleat”)[1].
Verb
bēbō (present infinitive bēbāre, perfect active bēbāvī, supine bēbātum); first conjugation
Inflection
| Conjugation of bebo (first conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | bēbō | bēbās | bēbat | bēbāmus | bēbātis | bēbant |
| imperfect | bēbābam | bēbābās | bēbābat | bēbābāmus | bēbābātis | bēbābant | |
| future | bēbābō | bēbābis | bēbābit | bēbābimus | bēbābitis | bēbābunt | |
| perfect | bēbāvī | bēbāvistī | bēbāvit | bēbāvimus | bēbāvistis | bēbāvērunt, bēbāvēre | |
| pluperfect | bēbāveram | bēbāverās | bēbāverat | bēbāverāmus | bēbāverātis | bēbāverant | |
| future perfect | bēbāverō | bēbāveris | bēbāverit | bēbāverimus | bēbāveritis | bēbāverint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | bēbem | bēbēs | bēbet | bēbēmus | bēbētis | bēbent |
| imperfect | bēbārem | bēbārēs | bēbāret | bēbārēmus | bēbārētis | bēbārent | |
| perfect | bēbāverim | bēbāverīs | bēbāverit | bēbāverīmus | bēbāverītis | bēbāverint | |
| pluperfect | bēbāvissem | bēbāvissēs | bēbāvisset | bēbāvissēmus | bēbāvissētis | bēbāvissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | bēbā | — | — | bēbāte | — |
| future | — | bēbātō | bēbātō | — | bēbātōte | bēbantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | bēbāre | bēbāvisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | bēbāns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| bēbāre | bēbandī | bēbandō | bēbandum | — | — | ||
References
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bebo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bē-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 96-97
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
bebo (imperative bebo, present participle bebor, passive bebos, simple past bebodde, past participle bebodd, present participle beboende)
Derived terms
References
- “bebo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
Verb
bebo