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bant

See also: bánt

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from banting.

Verb

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bant (third-person singular simple present bants, present participle banting, simple past and past participle banted)

  1. (colloquial, now rare) To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet. [from 19th c.]
    • 1865, Pall Mall Gazette, 12 June:
      If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’
    • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 70:
      ‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’

Etymology 2

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Clipping of banter.

Noun

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bant (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Clipping of banter.

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod, stick; barrier made of sticks, fence”). Cognate with German Wand, Dutch wand, Icelandic vendi.

Noun

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bant f (plural bénte) (Sette Comuni)

  1. wall, partition
    De bénte zeint de innanten maurn bon hòizarn.
    The partitions are the inner walls of houses.
  2. twelve fathoms

Declension

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Declension of bant – 2nd declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an de bant de bèntar
accusative an de bant de bèntar
dative anara dar bèntar in bèntarn

References

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  • “bant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Verb

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bant

  1. inflection of bannen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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bant

  1. past participle of bane (Etymology 3)

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German bant.[1][2][3] First attested in 1394.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bant/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bant/

Noun

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bant m animacy unattested

  1. ring in the rocker of doors used as a basic hinge
    • 1874 [1394], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎[2], volume XV, page 63:
      Pro III instrumentis dictis banthy, in quibus hostia dependent
      [Pro III instrumentis dictis banty, in quibus hostia dependent]
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) rafter bolt
    • 1879-1920 [1461], Sprawozdania Komisji do Badania Historii Sztuki w Polsce‎[3], volume V, Krakow, page XXIX:
      Emi sexagenam tignorum super banthi
      [Emi sexagenam tignorum super banty]

Descendants

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  • Polish: bant
  • Silesian: bant

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “bant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “bant”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bant”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish bant. Doublet of bandy.

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Noun

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bant m inan

  1. (nautical) posted beam (wide cloth strip sewn onto sails to increase durability)
  2. (Przemyśl) crossbeam connecting rafters
  3. (obsolete) ring, band
    Synonyms: obręcz, opaska
  4. (Middle Polish) rafter bolt
    Hypernym: belka
Declension
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Declension of bant
singular plural
nominative bant banty
genitive bantu bantów
dative bantowi bantom
accusative bant banty
instrumental bantem bantami
locative bancie bantach
vocative bancie banty

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bant f

  1. genitive plural of banta

Further reading

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  • bant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bant”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Danuta Lankiewicz (17.06.2020) “*BANT, *BANTA, BANDA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 95
  •   M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bant on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl
  • bant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Aleksander Saloni (1899) “banty”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 237

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Syllabification: bant

Noun

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bant m inan

  1. hinge (jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.)
    Synonym: bantka
  2. (construction) small beam connecting rafters

Further reading

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  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “bant”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 238
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “bant”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 42

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From i bant (“to (the) hollow/valley”).

Adverb

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bant

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) away, off
    Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair
    He drove away / off, without saying a word
    Synonym: i ffwrdd
  2. (South Wales, colloquial) off (not in an operating state)
    Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?
    Is the computer off?
    Synonym: i ffwrdd
    Antonym: ymlaen
Derived terms
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Mutation

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As bant is already the soft mutation of pant, it cannot be further mutated.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bant

  1. Soft mutation of pant.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of pant
radical soft nasal aspirate
pant bant mhant phant

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

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