bezig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bēsich, from Old Dutch *bisig, from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeː.zəx/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: be‧zig
Adjective
bezig (comparative beziger, superlative bezigst)
Declension
| Declension of bezig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bezig | |||
| inflected | bezige | |||
| comparative | beziger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bezig | beziger | het bezigst het bezigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bezige | bezigere | bezigste |
| n. sing. | bezig | beziger | bezigste | |
| plural | bezige | bezigere | bezigste | |
| definite | bezige | bezigere | bezigste | |
| partitive | bezigs | bezigers | — | |
Derived terms
- bezigen
- bezigheid
- bezighouden
Descendants
- Afrikaans: besig
- Jersey Dutch: bääzix
- Negerhollands: beesig
- → Papiamentu: bezig, bezeg
- → Sranan Tongo: beiseg
- → Caribbean Javanese: bésekh
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈziɡ/
Noun
bezig
- bezique (card game)