Wiktionary

bead

English

edit
 
Beads

Etymology

edit

From Middle English bede (“a prayer”), also “a bead for counting prayers” in a peire of bedes (literally “a pair of beads”), from Old English bedu, bed, ġebed (“a request, entreaty, prayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bedu, *bed, *gabed, from Proto-Germanic *bedō, *bedą.

Cognate with Dutch gebed and bede, German Gebet.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

bead (plural beads)

  1. (archaic) Prayer, later especially with a rosary. [from 9thc.]
  2. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. [from 14thc.]
  3. A small, round object.
    1. A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes. [from 15thc.]
    2. Various small, round solid objects.
      • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
        Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
    3. A small drop of water or other liquid. [from 16thc.]
      beads of sweat
    4. A bubble, in spirits.
    5. A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
      She drew a bead on the _target and fired.
      • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
        But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
      1. (by extension) Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
        We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project
  4. A ridge, band, or molding.
    1. A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead. [from 20thc.]
    2. (architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
      Synonym: beading
  5. (physical chemistry, dated) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe.
    the borax bead;  the iron bead, etc.

Hyponyms

edit

Derived terms

edit
terms derived from bead (noun)

Translations

edit

Verb

edit

bead (third-person singular simple present beads, present participle beading, simple past and past participle beaded)

  1. (intransitive) To form into a bead.
    The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.
  2. (transitive) To apply beads to.
    She spent the morning beading the gown.
  3. (transitive) To form into a bead.
    He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.
  4. (transitive) To cause beads to form on (something).
    • 1941, Emily Carr, “Greenville”, in Klee Wyck:
      Only the hum of the miserable creatures stirred the heavy murk that beaded our foreheads with sweat as we pushed our way through it.

Anagrams

edit

Hungarian

edit

Etymology

edit

be- +‎ ad

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛɒd]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ad
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

edit

bead

  1. (transitive) to hand in
    beadja a felmondását ― to hand in one's notice
  2. (transitive) to give (medicine to someone)
  3. (transitive) to submit, to present (a request)
  4. (transitive) to file (a petition)

Conjugation

edit
conjugation of bead
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. beadok beadsz bead beadunk beadtok beadnak
Def. beadom beadod beadja beadjuk beadjátok beadják
2nd-p. o. beadlak ―
Past Indef. beadtam beadtál beadott beadtunk beadtatok beadtak
Def. beadtam beadtad beadta beadtuk beadtátok beadták
2nd-p. o. beadtalak ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. be fog adni.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. beadék beadál beada beadánk beadátok beadának
Def. beadám beadád beadá beadánk beadátok beadák
2nd-p. o. beadálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bead vala, beadott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. beadandok beadandasz beadand beadandunk beadandotok beadandanak
Def. beadandom beadandod beadandja beadandjuk beadandjátok beadandják
2nd-p. o. beadandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. beadnék beadnál beadna beadnánk beadnátok beadnának
Def. beadnám beadnád beadná beadnánk
(or beadnók) 		beadnátok beadnák
2nd-p. o. beadnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. beadott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. beadjak beadj or
beadjál 		beadjon beadjunk beadjatok beadjanak
Def. beadjam beadd or
beadjad 		beadja beadjuk beadjátok beadják
2nd-p. o. beadjalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. beadott légyen
Infinitive beadni beadnom beadnod beadnia beadnunk beadnotok beadniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
beadás beadó beadott beadandó beadva (beadván) beadat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ad be or be is ad.
potential conjugation of bead
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. beadhatok beadhatsz beadhat beadhatunk beadhattok beadhatnak
Def. beadhatom beadhatod beadhatja beadhatjuk beadhatjátok beadhatják
2nd-p. o. beadhatlak ―
Past Indef. beadhattam beadhattál beadhatott beadhattunk beadhattatok beadhattak
Def. beadhattam beadhattad beadhatta beadhattuk beadhattátok beadhatták
2nd-p. o. beadhattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. beadhaték beadhatál beadhata beadhatánk beadhatátok beadhatának
Def. beadhatám beadhatád beadhatá beadhatánk beadhatátok beadhaták
2nd-p. o. beadhatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. beadhat vala, beadhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. beadhatandok
or beadandhatok 		beadhatandasz
or beadandhatsz 		beadhatand
or beadandhat 		beadhatandunk
or beadandhatunk 		beadhatandotok
or beadandhattok 		beadhatandanak
or beadandhatnak
Def. beadhatandom
or beadandhatom 		beadhatandod
or beadandhatod 		beadhatandja
or beadandhatja 		beadhatandjuk
or beadandhatjuk 		beadhatandjátok
or beadandhatjátok 		beadhatandják
or beadandhatják
2nd-p. o. beadhatandalak
or beadandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. beadhatnék beadhatnál beadhatna beadhatnánk beadhatnátok beadhatnának
Def. beadhatnám beadhatnád beadhatná beadhatnánk
(or beadhatnók) 		beadhatnátok beadhatnák
2nd-p. o. beadhatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. beadhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. beadhassak beadhass or
beadhassál 		beadhasson beadhassunk beadhassatok beadhassanak
Def. beadhassam beadhasd or
beadhassad 		beadhassa beadhassuk beadhassátok beadhassák
2nd-p. o. beadhassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. beadhatott légyen
Inf. (beadhatni) (beadhatnom) (beadhatnod) (beadhatnia) (beadhatnunk) (beadhatnotok) (beadhatniuk)
Positive adjective beadható Neg. adj. beadhatatlan Adv. part. (beadhatva / beadhatván)
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem adhat be or be is adhat.

Derived terms

edit
Expressions

Further reading

edit
  • bead in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bead in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

bead

  1. first-person singular future of bí
    Bead anseo nuair a thiocfaidh tú ar ais.
    I will be here when you come back.

Mutation

edit
Mutated forms of bead
radical lenition eclipsis
bead bhead mbead

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

References

edit
  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 74

Old English

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

bēad

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of bēodan
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bead&oldid=82805198"
  NODES
HOME 1
languages 1
mac 5
Note 2
os 13