bei

See also: Bei, bèi, Bèi, bēi, běi, bei-, be'i, and bé-í

Adjective

bei

sick, ill

References

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ᵐbei]

Verb

bei

to fall

References

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.

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

bei

water

Noun

bei m (plural beis)

bey

Derived terms

beilical

Etymology 2

Noun

bei m (plural beis)

(mineralogy) lode

Etymology

From Old High German bī.

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

bei (+ dative or accusative)

(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!

Derived terms

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bei f (plural beien, diminutive beitje n)

(obsolete, dialectal, except in compounds) berry
Synonyms: bes, bezie

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish bey.

Noun

bei m (plural beien or beis)

(historical) bey, beg (historical Turkish official)

Alternative forms

beg

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbei]
Rhymes: -ei
Hyphenation: be‧i

Verb

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

to make the characteristic cry of a sheep; to baa

Conjugation

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Conjugation of bei
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
		present		past		future
tense		beas		beis		beos
active participle		beanta	beantaj	beinta	beintaj	beonta	beontaj
active participle	acc.	beantan	beantajn	beintan	beintajn	beontan	beontajn
nominal active participle		beanto	beantoj	beinto	beintoj	beonto	beontoj
nominal active participle	acc.	beanton	beantojn	beinton	beintojn	beonton	beontojn
adverbial active participle		beante		beinte		beonte

		infinitive	bei	imperative	beu	conditional	beus

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Etymology

From English bye.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paiːj/
Rhymes: -aiːj

Interjection

bei

bye, goodbye

Alternative forms

bey (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɪ̯/
Rhymes: -aɪ̯
Audio: (file)

Preposition

bei [with dative]

(locative) by; near
die Bank bei der Kirche ― the bench/bank by the church

die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof ― the bakery near the train station
(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.
(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.
(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.
(with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of
bei Abfahrt des Zuges ― upon departure of the train
(with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of
bei Hochwasser ― in case of flooding
(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
(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)
(dated, in a postal address) care of; via
Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. ― Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co.
(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!

Usage notes

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.

Inflection

More information Preposition, + wo- ...

Preposition	bei
+ wo-	wobei
+ da-	dabei
+ hier-	hierbei

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Pronominal adverbs of bei

Derived terms

bei-
(bei + dem) beim

Related terms

nebenbei

Etymology

Possibly compare Basque behe (“low, inferior”)

Adjective

bei

small

Derived terms

beidor (“child”)

References

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bei

masculine plural of bello (before a consonant)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bei

inflection of beare:

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bei

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

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bei m (invariable)

(uncommon) Alternative form of bey

References

[1]
bei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Etymology

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

Verb

bei

to know

Romanization

bei

Rōmaji transcription of べい

Etymology

According to Fraenkel, from bè (“without”) + 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?”)

Conjunction

beĩ

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.

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

bäi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɑɪ]
Rhymes: -ɑɪ

Homophone: Bei

Preposition

bei

by, next to, near
De Schlëssel läit bei der Dier.
The key is by the door.
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.
with
Wunns du nach bei dengen Elteren?
Do you still live with your parents?
during

Usage notes

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.

Romanization

bei (bei⁵ / bei⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄟ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唄 / 呗
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臂

Romanization

bei

Nonstandard spelling of bēi.
Nonstandard spelling of běi.
Nonstandard spelling of bèi.

Usage notes

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.

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

bei

water

References

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

Etymology

Compare German bei, Dutch bij, English by.

Preposition

bei

near
at, at the house of
amidst, among
by
in
with
during

Noun

bei m (plural beis)

bey (governor of a Turkish dominion)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bej]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey).

Noun

bei m (plural bei)

bey

Declension

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	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	bei	beiul	bei	beii
genitive-dative	bei	beiului	bei	beilor
vocative	beiule		beilor

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Etymology 2

Verb

bei

second-person singular present indicative of bea
ce bei?
what are you drinking?
second-person singular present subjunctive of bea
vrei să bei ceva?
do you want to drink something?

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

bei

water (clear liquid H₂O)

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

bei

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْع (bayʕ).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

bei class IX (plural bei class X)

price (cost required to gain possession of something)
bei ya mwisho ― last price

Preposition

a bei

by

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bei/
Rhymes: -ei̯

Noun

bei

Soft mutation of pei.

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Mutated forms of *pei*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pei	bei	mhei	phei

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

[1] [1]
bei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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