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bat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Baltic languages.

English

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Etymology 1

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A fruit bat (sense 1)

Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”).

Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ (literally “night-flapper”).

Noun

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bat (plural bats)

  2. Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
    Synonyms: chiropter, chiropteran, flindermouse, flitterbat, flittermouse, fluttermouse, flying mouse, rattlemouse, reremouse
    • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
      The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
    • 2012, Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats [sic]
      As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.
  4. (derogatory) An old woman.
    • 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 196:
      "Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!
Derived terms
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terms derived from bat (flying animal)
Translations
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See bat/translations § Noun.

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Etymology 2

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A player swinging a baseball bat (sense 1)

From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuo (“I beat, pound”).[1]

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bat (plural bats)

  2. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  3. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
    You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
  4. A player rated according to skill in batting.
    He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.
  5. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.[2]
    Synonyms: kip, kylie, lannet, stick
  6. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
    • 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:
      bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat
  7. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  8. A part of a brick with one whole end.
  9. A stroke; a sharp blow.
  10. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
  11. (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
    • 1842, Sporting Magazine, page 251:
      On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat.
    • 1898, unknown author, Pall Mall Magazine:
      a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea.
  12. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
  13. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
  14. (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.[3][4]
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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See bat/translations § Noun.

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, R. S. P. (1997). Sound Law and Analogy: Papers in Honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. Netherlands: Rodopi, p. 312
  2. ^ Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242
  3. ^ A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect. W.D. Parrish
  4. ^ A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms. W. D. Parish and W.F. Shaw

Etymology 3

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From Middle English baten (“to beat”), from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere; in modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare batter, battery.

Verb

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bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

  1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
    He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
    We batted a few ideas around.
  3. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
  4. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
    The cat batted at the toy.
  5. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
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Etymology 4

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Possibly a variant of bate.

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bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

  1. (transitive) To flutter
    to bat one’s eyelashes
  2. (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
  3. (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
    I’ve spent all week batting around the country.
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Most commonly used in the phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.

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Etymology 5

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Borrowed from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bastāre (“to carry”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston.

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bat (plural bats)

  1. (obsolete) A packsaddle.
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Etymology 6

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Noun

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bat

  1. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).

Etymology 7

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Noun

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bat (plural bats)

  1. (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).

Etymology 8

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bat (plural bats)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child's shoe without a welt.
    • 1909, Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 55, page 25:
      The retailer who sells a little girl a pretty pair of shoes today instead of a pair of bats, is bound to sell that girl, when she grows up, a pair of stylish $3 or $4 shoes instead of her buying a pair of $1.98 bargain bats elsewhere.
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
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  • (child's shoe; boot): J. Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary
  • (boot): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin battō, from earlier battuō. Compare Daco-Romanian bat, bate.

Verb

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bat first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative bati or bate, past participle bãtutã)

  1. to beat, hit, strike
  2. to defeat

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Basque

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Etymology

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From a reduced form of Proto-Basque *bade (“one, some”), present also in bederatzi (“nine”) and bedera (“same; everyone”).[1][2][3] Compared by Eduardo Orduña and Joan Ferrer to Iberian ban (“one”).[4][5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bat/ [bat̪]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: bat

Determiner

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bat (postposed)

  1. a, an, some
    musu bat
    a kiss
  2. (after a numeral) some, about, around
    Bidaiak hamar bat ordu iraungo du.
    The trip will take around ten hours.
  3. the same

Usage notes

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  • The determiner doesn't take the definite singular form.

Declension

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Declension of Basque indefinite and related pronouns/determiners
bat bakoitz
indefinite singular plural indefinite singular
absolutive bat bata batzuk bakoitz bakoitza
ergative batek batak batzuek bakoitzek bakoitzak
dative bati batari batzuei bakoitzi bakoitzari
genitive baten bataren batzuen bakoitzen bakoitzaren
comitative batekin batarekin batzuekin bakoitzekin bakoitzarekin
causative batengatik, bategatik batarengatik batzuengatik bakoitzengatik bakoitzarengatik
benefactive batentzat batarentzat batzuentzat bakoitzentzat bakoitzarentzat
instrumental batez bataz batzuez bakoitzez bakoitzaz
inessive animate batengan batarengan batzuengan bakoitzengan bakoitzarengan
inanimate batean, baten batean batzuetan bakoitzean bakoitzean
locative bateko bateko batzuetako bakoitzeko bakoitzeko
allative animate batengana batarengana batzuengana bakoitzengana bakoitzarengana
inanimate batera batera batzuetara bakoitzera bakoitzera
terminative animate batenganaino batarenganaino batzuenganaino bakoitzenganaino bakoitzarenganaino
inanimate bateraino bateraino batzuetaraino bakoitzeraino bakoitzeraino
directive animate batenganantz batarenganantz batzuenganantz bakoitzenganantz bakoitzarenganantz
inanimate baterantz baterantz batzuetarantz bakoitzerantz bakoitzerantz
destinative animate batenganako batarenganako batzuenganako bakoitzenganako bakoitzarenganako
inanimate baterako baterako batzuetarako bakoitzerako bakoitzerako
ablative animate batengandik batarengandik batzuengandik bakoitzengandik bakoitzarengandik
inanimate batetik batetik batzuetatik bakoitzetik bakoitzetik

Numeral

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Basque numbers (edit)
10
[a], [b] ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: bat
    Ordinal: lehen
    Multiplier: bakoitz
    Distributive: bana

bat

  1. one
    Sagar bat eta lau laranja.
    One apple and four oranges.

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  • The declension table shown in this section only applies when bat is used as a noun (usually when referring to the number itself). For other uses see the other declension tables.

Declension

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Declension of bat (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bat bata batak
ergative batek batak batek
dative bati batari batei
genitive baten bataren baten
comitative batekin batarekin batekin
causative batengatik batarengatik batengatik
benefactive batentzat batarentzat batentzat
instrumental batez bataz batez
inessive batetan batean batetan
locative batetako bateko batetako
allative batetara batera batetara
terminative batetaraino bateraino batetaraino
directive batetarantz baterantz batetarantz
destinative batetarako baterako batetarako
ablative batetatik batetik batetatik
partitive batik — —
prolative bat-tzat — —

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Pronoun

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bat (indefinite)

  1. some, something, someone

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  • When used as a pronoun, the definite form bata is more common in Southern dialects.

Declension

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Declension of Basque indefinite and related pronouns/determiners
bat bakoitz
indefinite singular plural indefinite singular
absolutive bat bata batzuk bakoitz bakoitza
ergative batek batak batzuek bakoitzek bakoitzak
dative bati batari batzuei bakoitzi bakoitzari
genitive baten bataren batzuen bakoitzen bakoitzaren
comitative batekin batarekin batzuekin bakoitzekin bakoitzarekin
causative batengatik, bategatik batarengatik batzuengatik bakoitzengatik bakoitzarengatik
benefactive batentzat batarentzat batzuentzat bakoitzentzat bakoitzarentzat
instrumental batez bataz batzuez bakoitzez bakoitzaz
inessive animate batengan batarengan batzuengan bakoitzengan bakoitzarengan
inanimate batean, baten batean batzuetan bakoitzean bakoitzean
locative bateko bateko batzuetako bakoitzeko bakoitzeko
allative animate batengana batarengana batzuengana bakoitzengana bakoitzarengana
inanimate batera batera batzuetara bakoitzera bakoitzera
terminative animate batenganaino batarenganaino batzuenganaino bakoitzenganaino bakoitzarenganaino
inanimate bateraino bateraino batzuetaraino bakoitzeraino bakoitzeraino
directive animate batenganantz batarenganantz batzuenganantz bakoitzenganantz bakoitzarenganantz
inanimate baterantz baterantz batzuetarantz bakoitzerantz bakoitzerantz
destinative animate batenganako batarenganako batzuenganako bakoitzenganako bakoitzarenganako
inanimate baterako baterako batzuetarako bakoitzerako bakoitzerako
ablative animate batengandik batarengandik batzuengandik bakoitzengandik bakoitzarengandik
inanimate batetik batetik batzuetatik bakoitzetik bakoitzetik

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References

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  1. ^ “bat” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
  2. ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 134
  3. ^ “bat”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  4. ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
  5. ^ Joan Ferrer i Jané, El sistema de numerales ibérico: avances en su conocimiento

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from batre.

Noun

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bat m (plural bats)

  1. a place exposed to the elements
    Synonyms: batent, baterell

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bat

  1. inflection of batre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English bat.

Noun

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bat m (plural bats)

  1. (baseball) bat
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“bat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bat

  1. Alternative form of balat

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From English bat.

Noun

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bat n (singular definite battet, plural indefinite bat or bats)

  1. bat (a club for striking a ball)
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Declension of bat
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bat battet bat
bats 		battene
genitive bats battets bats
bats' 		battenes

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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bat

  1. imperative of batte

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bat

  1. third-person singular present indicative of battre

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Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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bat

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of bitten

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French battre (“beat”).

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bat

  1. to spank, to beat

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of bat – see 捌 (“to know; to recognise; to be familiar with”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 捌).

Jamaican Creole

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbat/
  • Hyphenation: bat

Etymology 1

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bat

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bat (plural bat dem, quantified bat)

  1. moth (nocturnal insect)
    Duppy bat still a fly like hawk.
    Black witch moths are still flying around like hawks.
    • 2003, Amber Wilson, Jamaica: The Land (in English), page 30:
      “Hundreds of species of butterflies and moths live in Jamaica. Jamaicans call large moths "bats." The black witch moth is known as "the duppy bat." A duppy is a spirit in Jamaican culture that sometimes causes mischief. Duppy bats have brown [...]”
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Etymology 2

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bat

From English bat.

Noun

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bat (plural bat dem, quantified bat)

  1. bat (instrument for hitting or striking)
    When yu get one lick from me wid di bat... yu wi know.
    If I hit you once with this bat, you'll understand.
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  1. old bat

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Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ပတ် (pat).

Noun

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bat

  1. week

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  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Luo

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Noun

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bat (plural bede)

  1. arm

Middle Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ.

Noun

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bat n

  1. bath
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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  • Dutch: bad
  • Limburgish: baad

Etymology 2

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From Old Dutch *bat, *bet, from Proto-Germanic *batiz.

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bat

  1. better; comparative degree of wel
    Synonym: beter
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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bat

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of bidden

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English batt, from Celtic; influenced by Old French batte.

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Noun

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bat (plural battes or botten)

  1. A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)
  2. (rare) A pole or stick used for other
  3. (rare, Late Middle English) A strike or hit from a weapon.
  4. (rare, Late Middle English) A clump of soft material.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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bat

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of bot (“boat”)

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bait.

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Noun

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bāt m

  1. boat

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bāt bātas
accusative bāt bātas
genitive bātes bāta
dative bāte bātum

Occasionally appears as feminine: Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative bāt bāta, bāte
accusative bāte bāta, bāte
genitive bāte bāta
dative bāte bātum

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old English bāt and Middle English bot.

Noun

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bat oblique singular, m (oblique plural batz, nominative singular batz, nominative plural bat)

  1. boat

References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bat)

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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bat

  1. inflection of is:
    1. third-person plural imperative
    2. third-person plural present subjunctive

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Mutation of bat
radical lenition nasalization
bat bat
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbat

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *batъ.

Noun

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bat m inan (diminutive bacik)

  1. whip (rod for beating)
    Synonym: bicz
  2. (slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)
  3. (in the plural) whipping, lash (type of corporal punishment)
    Synonyms: bicie, cięgi, knoty, lanie, wały
  4. (in the plural, literary) reproof (criticizing)
    Synonym: cięgi
  5. (in the plural, literary) whipping, licking, beating (heavy defeat or setback)
    Synonym: cięgi
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Declension of bat
singular plural
nominative bat baty
genitive bata batów
dative batowi/batu batom
accusative bat baty
instrumental batem batami
locative bacie batach
vocative bacie baty
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adverbs/prepositions
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Etymology 2

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Either borrowed from Swedish bat[1] or Italian batto.[2]

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bat m inan

  1. bateau (type of boat)
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Declension of bat
singular plural
nominative bat baty
genitive batu batów
dative batowi batom
accusative bat baty
instrumental batem batami
locative bacie batach
vocative bacie baty

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat), from Sanskrit पाद (pāda).

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bat m animal

  1. baht (currency of Thailand)
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Declension of bat
singular plural
nominative bat baty
genitive bata batów
dative batowi batom
accusative bata baty
instrumental batem batami
locative bacie batach
vocative bacie baty

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “bat”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

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  • bat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Verb

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bat

  1. inflection of bate:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *batъ.

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Noun

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bȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̏т)

  1. mallet
  2. helve hammer
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Declension of bat
singular plural
nominative bȁt bàtovi
genitive bata batova
dative batu batovima
accusative bat batove
vocative bate batovi
locative batu batovima
instrumental batom batovima

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باصدی (bastı) (Turkish bastı), from باصمق (basmak) (Turkish basmak).

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bȃt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑т)

  1. The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
    • 1939, Čedomir Minderović, Crven je istok i zapad:
      Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / Čuje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!
      Forward, ever closer and closer, / the tramp of footsteps is heard. / The voice of millions is raised: / Down with fascism and war!
  2. (rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves
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Declension of bat
singular plural
nominative bȃt bátovi
genitive bata batova
dative batu batovima
accusative bat batove
vocative bate batovi
locative batu batovima
instrumental batom batovima

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bȃt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̑т)

  1. Alternative form of bȁht
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Declension of bat
singular plural
nominative bat batovi
genitive bata batova
dative batu batovima
accusative bat batove
vocative bate batovi
locative batu batovima
instrumental batom batovima

References

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  • “bat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “bat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “bat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbat/ [ˈbat̪]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: bat

Noun

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bat m (plural bats)

  1. (baseball) bat (act of batting)
  2. Misspelling of baht.

Tagalog

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Adverb

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bat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of ba't

Turkish

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Verb

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bat

  1. second-person singular imperative of batmak

Tzotzil

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  • (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /ɓätʰ/

Verb

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bat

  1. (intransitive) to go

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Yola

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Noun

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bat

  1. Alternative form of bath
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
      Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.
      But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 106

Yucatec Maya

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Noun

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bat (plural batoʼob)

  1. hail, hailstone

Zhuang

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 缽 (puɑt̚).

Noun

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bat (Sawndip forms 朳 or 𥐙 or 鈸 or 叭 or 拔, 1957–1982 spelling bat)

  1. basin; bowl
    Synonym: (dialectal) angq
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Classifier

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bat (1957–1982 spelling bat)

  1. basin of; bowl of

Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese 八 (pˠɛt̚, “eight”). Doublet of bet.

Numeral

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bat (1957–1982 spelling bat)

  1. eight (used in compounds)
    Synonym: bet
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