biloved

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈloːvəd/
• Hyphenation: bi‧lo‧ved
• Rhymes: -oːvəd

Adjective

biloved (masculine biloveden, feminine, plural or definite bilovede)

1. betrothed, engaged

   Iek bän biloved mäd Marta. ― I am betrothed to Martha.

   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:18:

     Dät waas so, as Jesus Christus ap de Wareld koom: Maria, sien Múur, waas mäd Josef biloved; noch eer do bee touhopewoonden, koom et fóar dän Dai, dät ju truch dän Helige Jeest ap n uur Fout kemen waas.

     It was so, how Jesus Christ came into the world; Maria, his mother, was betrothed to Josef; Still before they both lived together, a day came to be, that she became pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “biloved”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN