bei

Abbreviation of English Bekatiʼ.

bei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bekati'.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bekati' terms

bei

1. sick, ill

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

• IPA^(key): [ᵐbei]

bei

1. to fall

• Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

bei

1. water

• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (1926), page 481: Bauro bei "water"

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɛj]

Borrowed from Turkish bey.

bei m (plural beis)

1. bey

• beilical

• “bei”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

bei m (plural beis)

1. (mineralogy) lode

From Old High German bī.

• IPA^(key): /bei̯/ (Ripuarian)
• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/, /bʌi̯/ (Moselle Franconian)

bei (+ dative or accusative)

1. (most dialects) at; with; by; near; (close) to

   Jank bei der Wage on waat do op mich!

   Go to the car and wait there for me!

• derbei
• beim, bem (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

• IPA^(key): /bɛi̯/
• Hyphenation: bei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophone: bij

From Middle Dutch baye, a borrowing from Old French baie, baia, from Latin bāca.

bei f (plural beien, diminutive beitje n)

1. (obsolete, dialectal, except in compounds) berry

   Synonyms: bes, bezie

• aambei
• aardbei
• moerbei

Borrowed from Turkish bey.

bei m (plural beien or beis, no diminutive)

1. (historical) bey, beg (historical Turkish official)

• beg

From be (“baa”) +‎ -i (infinitive verb suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbei/
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: be‧i

bei (present beas, past beis, future beos, conditional beus, volitive beu)

1. to make the characteristic cry of a sheep; to baa

From English bye.

• IPA^(key): /paiːj/
• Rhymes: -aiːj

bei

1. bye, goodbye

• bey (obsolete)

From Middle High German bī, from Old High German bī, from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi. More at by.

• IPA^(key): /baɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

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bei [with dative]

1. (locative) by, near

   die Bank bei der Kirche ― the bench/bank by the church

   die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof ― the bakery near the train station

2. (with a person, family, shop) at

   Ich schlafe bei Peter. ― I’m sleeping at Peter’s [place].

   Ich bin beim Metzger. ― I'm at the butcher’s.

3. (with an organization or company) for, at, in

   bei der Firma arbeiten ― to work for the firm

   das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co.

   the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co.

4. (formal, reflexive) with, on

   Er hat es nicht bei sich. ― He doesn’t have it on him.

   → for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei.

5. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of

   bei Abfahrt des Zuges ― upon departure of the train

6. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of

   bei Hochwasser ― in case of flooding

7. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of

   bei der Arbeit ― during work

   beim Lesen des Textes ― while reading the text

   bei Schnee ― when there is snow

8. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during

   bei einem Glas Wein ― over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it)

   bei einem Film ― during a film (that is, while watching it)

9. (dated, in a postal address) care of; via

   Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. ― Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co.

10. (now dialectal, nonstandard, northern and central Germany) with, to, towards [with accusative]

    Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! ― Put that with the other things!

    Komm ma bei mich! ― Come to me!

• When bei is followed by the definite article dem (“the”), the two words contract to beim. However, when dem is a demonstrative pronoun, no contraction occurs. Compare:

Der Baum steht zu nah beim Haus. – “The tree is too close to the house.”

Der Baum steht zu nah bei dem Haus da hinten. – “The tree is too close to that house over there.”

• (with, to, towards): In many dialects, and historically in literary style, bei could express movement, requiring then the accusative case. This is in conflict with modern standard rules, for which reason this use of the preposition is becoming rare. In adverbial constructions, however, bei and dabei expressing movement are still fairly common in regional speech: Kommt noch was dabei? (“Do you want anything else with that?”) Sie können Sie sich hier ruhig beisetzen. (“You may come sit here with us.”) The standard language proper normally uses dazu in such cases, but it does feature some relicts in compounds such as herbei, beiseite, beilegen, beitreten, etc. Compare also the idiom Butter bei die Fische. Compare further Dutch bij for which all such constructions are perfectly standard.

• bei-
• (bei + dem) beim

• nebenbei

• “bei” in Duden online
• “bei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Possibly compare Basque behe (“low, inferior”)

bei

1. small

• beidor (“child”)

• Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛi
• Hyphenation: bè‧i

bei

1. masculine plural of bello (before a consonant)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛi
• Hyphenation: bè‧i

bei

1. inflection of beare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.i/
• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: bé‧i

bei

1. (archaic or colloquial Tuscan) second-person singular present indicative of bere

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛj/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: bèi

bei m (invariable)

1. (uncommon) alternative form of bey

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pei (“to know”). Cognate with White Hmong paub.

bei 

1. to know

bei

1. Rōmaji transcription of べい

According to Fraenkel, from bè (“and”) + particle -i(d).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is this i(d) particle?”)

bei̇̃

1. and (used to link words, not phrases, that are very similar in meaning)

   Synonym: ir̃

   Miške gyvena vilkai bei lapės, ir pelės bei voverės. ― In the forest, there are wolves and foxes, and mice and squirrels.

ir̃ is more commonly used in general, but beĩ can be used to link words more closely in a hierarchy.

• Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 427; 596
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “bèt”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 41

• bäi

From Old High German bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

• IPA^(key): [bɑɪ]

  Rhymes: -ɑɪ

  Homophone: Bei

bei

1. by, next to, near

   De Schlëssel läit bei der Dier.

   The key is by the door.

2. at, to (the home or workplace of someone)

   Gëschter den Nomëtteg sinn ech bei den Dokter gaangen.

   Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor's.

3. with

   Wunns du nach bei dengen Elteren?

   Do you still live with your parents?

4. during

• The term bei is usually used with the dative case, unless it is used to express movement towards a particular place, then the accusative case is used.

bei (bei⁵ / bei⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄟ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唄 / 呗
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臂

bei

1. nonstandard spelling of bēi
2. nonstandard spelling of běi
3. nonstandard spelling of bèi

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

bei

1. water

• Ying Shing Anthony Chung, A Descriptive Grammar of Merei (Vanuatu) (2005)

Compare German bei, Dutch bij, English by.

bei

1. near
2. at, at the house of
3. amidst, among
4. by
5. in
6. with
7. during

bei m (plural beis)

1. bey (governor of a Turkish dominion)

• “bei”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bei”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈbej/
• Rhymes: -ej

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey).

bei m (plural bei)

1. bey

bei

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of bea (“to drink”)

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

bei

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْع (bayʕ).^[1]

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bei class IX (plural bei class X)

1. price (cost required to gain possession of something)

   bei ya mwisho ― last price

a bei

1. by

• IPA^(key): /bei/
• Rhymes: -ei̯

bei

1. soft mutation of pei