бе
Bulgarian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *bě.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɛ]
Verb
бе • (be)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish به, from Byzantine Greek μρε (mre), from Ancient Greek μωρέ (mōré), which is the vocative form of μωρός (mōrós).
Interjection
бе • (be)
- (colloquial) placed at the end of a sentence as an impolite intensifier
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish به, from Byzantine Greek μρε (mre), from Ancient Greek μωρέ (mōré), which is the vocative form of μωρός (mōrós). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian bre, Greek ρε (re), and Turkish bre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɛ]
- Hyphenation: бе
Particle
бе • (be)
- A particle expressing anger, frustration, or surprise.
- До́јди ва́му, бе!
- Dójdi vámu, be!
- Come here (at once)!
- Што се́ дереш, бе?
- Što sé dereš, be?
- What (the hell) are you yelling about?
- Ка́ко ве надму́дрија, бе?
- Káko ve nadmúdrija, be?
- How (on earth) did they outwit you?
See also
- де (de)
References
- “бе” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Tajik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be/
Tuvan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *-mi (“interrogative particle”). Cognate to Mongolian бэ (be), Kazakh бе (be), Turkish mi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be̞/
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