Beda

Beda

See also: beda, Béda, bēda, běda, Béďa, bēdā, and będą

English

Noun

Beda (plural Bedas)

  1. Obsolete form of Vedda.

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • Bäda (spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛːd̥ɐ/

Proper noun

Beda

  1. a male given name, Bavarian form of Peter

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.da/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛda
  • Hyphenation: Bè‧da

Proper noun

Beda m

  1. Bede (English monk and scholar)

References

  1. ^ Beda in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Beda m sg (genitive Bedae); first declension

  1. Bede (English monk and scholar)
    Beda Venerābilisthe Venerable Bede

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Beda
genitive Bedae
dative Bedae
accusative Bedam
ablative Bedā
vocative Beda

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to beodan (announce, offer) or gebed (prayer), two separate Germanic roots that merged in many branches.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.dɑ/

Proper noun

Beda m

  1. a male given name, notably held by the Venerable Bede.
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCXXXIIII Hēr wæs sē mōna swylċe hē wǣre mid blōde begoten, ⁊ forðferdan Tātwine ⁊ Beda.
      Year 734 In this year it was as if the moon was covered in blood, and Tatwine and Beda died.

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative Beda
accusative Bedan
genitive Bedan
dative Bedan

Slovene

Proper noun

Beda m animacy unspecified

  1. (obsolete) a male given name

Further reading

  • Beda”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Proper noun

Beda m

  1. Bede (English monk and scholar)