bedeesd
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) bedaest
Etymology
Apparently the past participle of a verb *bedezen, seemingly a prefixed variant of dazen (“to talk nonsense”), or directly from daas (“foolish, dull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈdeːst/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧deesd
- Rhymes: -eːst
Adjective
bedeesd (comparative bedeesder, superlative meest bedeesd or bedeesdst)
- shy, timid
- Synonyms: beschroomd, bleu, schroomvallig, schuchter, schuw, timide, verlegen
Declension
| Declension of bedeesd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bedeesd | |||
| inflected | bedeesde | |||
| comparative | bedeesder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bedeesd | bedeesder | het bedeesdst het bedeesdste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bedeesde | bedeesdere | bedeesdste |
| n. sing. | bedeesd | bedeesder | bedeesdste | |
| plural | bedeesde | bedeesdere | bedeesdste | |
| definite | bedeesde | bedeesdere | bedeesdste | |
| partitive | bedeesds | bedeesders | — | |
Derived terms
- bedeesdheid
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bedeesd