bedeesd
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) bedaest
Etymology
[edit]Apparently the past participle of a verb *bedezen, seemingly a prefixed variant of dazen (“to talk nonsense”), or directly from daas (“foolish, dull”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bedeesd (comparative bedeesder, superlative meest bedeesd or bedeesdst)
- shy, timid
- Synonyms: beschroomd, bleu, schroomvallig, schuchter, schuw, timide, verlegen
Declension
[edit]Declension of bedeesd | ||||
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uninflected | bedeesd | |||
inflected | bedeesde | |||
comparative | bedeesder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | bedeesd | bedeesder | het bedeesdst het bedeesdste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | bedeesde | bedeesdere | bedeesdste |
n. sing. | bedeesd | bedeesder | bedeesdste | |
plural | bedeesde | bedeesdere | bedeesdste | |
definite | bedeesde | bedeesdere | bedeesdste | |
partitive | bedeesds | bedeesders | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: bedeesd