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beg
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /b??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English beggen, assimilation from Old English *becgan, *bedcan, *bedican, syncopated variants of bedecian (“to beg”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bedagô (“petitioner; requestor; beggar”), from *bed?, *bed? (“prayer; request”). Related to North Frisian b?dagi (“to pray”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (bidagwa, “beggar”), Old English biddan (“to ask”). More at bid, bead. See Norwegian Bokmål be (“beg, ask”).
Verb
beg (third-person singular simple present begs, present participle begging, simple past and past participle begged)
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- Synonym: supplicate
- [Joseph] begged the body of Jesus.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
- But that same day came Sam Tewkesbury to the Why Not? about nightfall, and begged a glass of rum, being, as he said, 'all of a shake' [...]
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- Antonym: set aside
- (transitive, law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
- a. 1612, John Harington, Epigrams
- Else some will beg thee, in the court of wards.
- a. 1612, John Harington, Epigrams
Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- beg the question
- beg to differ
- go begging
- soft begging
Translations
Noun
beg (plural begs)
- The act of begging; an imploring request.
See also
- beggar
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg).
Noun
beg (plural begs)
- A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
beg
- (knitting) Abbreviation of beginning.
- 2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, House of White Birches, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone (page 34)
- Knit with MC until work measures 3 inches from beg.
- 2005, DRG Dynamic Resource, House of White Birches, Big Book of Knit Hats & Scarves for Everyone (page 34)
Further reading
- beg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- GBE, GEB, Gbe, Geb, bge
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (beg).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?x/
- Hyphenation: beg
Noun
beg m (plural begs)
- (historical) Alternative form of bei.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English bag.
Noun
beg (Jawi spelling ???)
- bag
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bec, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small”).
Adjective
beg (plural beggey, comparative loo, superlative sloo)
- small
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ??? (“ruler”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bê?/
Noun
b?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (regional) master, lord
Declension
Derived terms
- bekstvo
- bežanje
- prebeg
References
- “beg” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *b?g?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé?k/
Noun
b??g m inan
- run
- getaway
- escape
- withdrawal
- (phrase) flight
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Turkish bey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bé?k/
Noun
b??g m anim
- bey (Turkish governor)
Inflection
Further reading
- “beg”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English beg.
Noun
beg (nominative plural begs)
- request, an action of begging
Declension
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese ? (MC b?æk?).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pe?k?/
- Tone numbers: beg8
- Hyphenation: beg
Adjective
beg (Sawndip form ?, old orthography beg)
- (bound) white
Adverb
beg (Sawndip form ?, old orthography beg)
- in vain; for nothing
- for free; free of charge
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bega
English
Noun
bega (plural begas)
- Alternative form of bigha
Anagrams
- Gabe, beag
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bega
- first-person singular present indicative of begaan
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of begaan
- imperative of begaan
Italian
Etymology
From Gothic *???????????????? (*b?ga, “quarrel”), ultimately from the root of Proto-Germanic *b?gan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?.?a/, /?be.?a/
- Rhymes: -??a, -e?a
- Hyphenation: bè?ga, bé?ga
Noun
bega f (plural beghe)
- quarrel, dispute
- (by extension) A troubled situation.
Derived terms
- begare
References
- bega in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- begav
Verb
bega
- simple past of begi
Phuthi
Verb
-bega
- to cut into strips (meat for cooking)
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Slovene
Noun
béga
- inflection of b??g:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative dual
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
bega (ma class, plural mabega)
- shoulder
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