bedu

See also: Bedu

Afar

Bedu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbedu/ [ˈbɛdʊ]
• Hyphenation: be‧du

Noun

bédu m (plural bedwá f)

1. brand (on livestock; especially a camel)

Declension

Declension of bédu
absolutive	bédu
predicative	bédu
subjective	bedí
genitive	bedí
Postpositioned forms l-case bédul k-case béduk t-case bédut h-case béduh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bèdu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Maltese

Root
b-d-j
6 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.du/
• Rhymes: -ɛdu

Noun

bedu m

1. verbal noun of beda: beginning, start
2. (computing) home page (of a website)

Old English

Alternative forms

• beodo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bedu, from Proto-Germanic *bedō (“request; petition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.du/

Noun

bedu f (nominative plural beda)

1. request
2. prayer; supplication
3. religious worship

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bedu	beda, bede
accusative	bede	beda, bede
genitive	bede	beda
dative	bede	bedum

Synonyms

• bed
• ġebed

Related terms

• bedian
• biddan

Descendants

• Middle English: bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede, ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (conflated with Old English ġebed)
  • English: bead (bede)
  • Scots: bead, bede, beid

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bedu (Cyrillic spelling беду)

1. accusative singular of beda