OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# compelling
## English
### Etymology

By surface analysis, compel +‎ -ing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

### Verb

compelling
* present participle and gerund of compel

### Adjective

compelling (comparative more compelling, superlative most compelling)
* Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
    There are compelling reasons why a manager should have previous experience.
** 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.
* Forceful.
    The politician had compelling ambition.
** 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

#### Derived terms

* compellingness
* uncompelling

#### Translations
### Noun

compelling (plural compellings)
* An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.

### Related terms

* compel
* compellingly

### References

* “compelling”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “compelling”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* compelling in Britannica Dictionary
* compelling in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
* compelling in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
* compelling in Ozdic collocation dictionary
* compelling in WordReference English Collocations
# kortosirkuwito
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* kortosirkwito
* korto sirkuwito

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cortocircuito.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /koɾtosiɾkuˈito/ [koɾ.t̪o.sɪɾˈkwiː.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ito
* Syllabification: kor‧to‧sir‧ku‧wi‧to

### Noun

kortosirkuwito (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆᜓ) (electrical engineering)
* short circuit

#### Related terms

* korto
* sirkuwito

### Further reading

* Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 910
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 166
# Meseh
## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /məˈseh/ [mɨˈʂɪh]
* Rhymes: -eh
* Syllabification: Me‧seh

### Noun

Mëséh (Jawi spelling مؕسِيهْ)
* (Christianity, Islam) Messiah; Masih

#### Related terms

* Mesehi
# flettermice
## English
### Noun

flettermice
* plural of flettermouse
# şahitlik
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شاهدلك, equivalent to şahit (“witness”) +‎ -lik

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɑːhitˈlic/, [ʃɑː.hit̪ˈl̠ʲic], [ʃɑː.çit̪ˈl̠ʲic]
* Rhymes: -ic
* Hyphenation: şa‧hit‧lik

### Noun

şahitlik (definite accusative şahitliği, plural şahitlikler)
* the state or property of being a witness
    Synonyms: tanıklık, şehadet
* (law) the duty of being a witness
    Synonyms: tanıklık, şehadet

#### Derived terms

* şahitlik etmek

### References

* “şahitlik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
# tegap
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈɡap̚/
* Hyphenation: tê‧gap
* Rhymes: -ap

### Etymology 1

From Malay tegap.

#### Adjective

têgap
* sturdy, firm
    Synonyms: gagah, kokoh, kuat

##### Derived terms

* ketegapan
* menegapkan
* tegap hati
* tegap sasa
* tegap tegun
* langkah tegap

### Etymology 2

From Malay tegap.

#### Noun

têgap (plural tegap-tegap)
* dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).
    Synonym: parang

### Further reading

* “tegap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# مركز
## Arabic
### Etymology

* Root
* ر ك ز (r k z)
* 6 terms
Noun of place from the verb رَكَزَ (rakaza, “to plant (a flag) in the ground, to settle quietly and remain”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

مَرْكَز or مَرْكِز • (markaz or markiz) m (plural مَرَاكِز (marākiz))
* (literally) place where the flag is planted in the ground
* center, midst
* base, headquarters
* camp, bivouac
* capital, chief town of a province
* seat, residence
* railway station
* (earthquake) epicenter

#### Derived terms

* مَرْكَزِيّ (markaziyy)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: mərkəz
* → Bashkir: мәркәз (mərkəz)
* → Chagatai: مرکز
** Uyghur: مەركەز (merkez)
** Uzbek: markaz
* → Hebrew: מרכז
* → Northern Kurdish: merkez
* → Malay: markas
** Indonesian: markas
* → Ottoman Turkish: مركز (merkez)
    > Turkish: merkez (inherited)
* → Pashto: مرکز (markaz)
* → Persian: مرکز (markaz)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मरकज़ (markaz)
    Urdu: مَرْکَز (markaz)
** → Punjabi: markaz
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਕਜ਼
    Shahmukhi script: مَرْکَز
** → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: مَرْڪَزُ
    Devanagari script: मर्कज़ु
* → Tatar: мәркәз (märkäz), märkäz
* → Turkmen: merkez
* → Zazaki: merkez

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مركز”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَز (markaz, “center, midst”).

### Noun

مركز • (merkez) (plural مراكز (merakez))
* center, midst, the point that is equidistant from all points on the circumference
    Synonym: اورتا (orta)
* (by extension) chief town or city of a region, capital, administrative center

#### Derived terms

* مركزلنمك (merkezlenmek, “to be centralized”)
* مركزی (merkezî, “central”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: merkez

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merkez1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3153
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “merkez”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 743
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “مركز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 434b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Centrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 169
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مركز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4581
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “merkez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1815
# gimbal
## English
### Etymology

Alteration of gemel, from Old French gemel, jumel (“twin”) (French jumeau), from Latin gemellus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl/, /ˈɡɪmbəl/
* Rhymes: -ɪmbəl
* Homophone: gimble

### Noun

gimbal (plural gimbals)
* A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
** 1902, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Typhoon‎:The lamp wriggled in its gimbals, the barometer swung in circles, the table altered its slant every moment […]
** 1934, A. E. W. Mason, “The Chronometer,” Chapter II, in Dilemmas, London: Hodder & Stoughton,
    He lifted the chronometer off the gimbals on which it was slung in the mahogany case and showed the number engraved upon the bottom.

#### Derived terms

* gimbal lock

#### Translations
### Verb

gimbal (third-person singular simple present gimbals, present participle gimballing or gimbaling, simple past and past participle gimballed or gimbaled)
* (transitive) To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals.
** 1918, Richard Dehan (Clotilde Graves), That Which Hath Wings, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 32,
    […] he conned his course in masterly fashion by aid of the roller-map, protected by its transparent, rainproof casing, or the compass, clock, altimeter, and other instruments gimballed in the wooden frame in front of the pilot’s seat.
* (transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
* (intransitive) To swivel, move on an axis.

### References

* ↑ Joseph A. Angelo, Jr., The Dictionary of Space Technology, NY: Facts On File, 1982, p. 89.

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡimˈbal/ [ɡɪmˈbal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: gim‧bal

### Noun

gimbál (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)
* great noise; resounding noise
* great confusion; great disturbance (caused by loud sounds or noises)
* kettledrum

#### Derived terms

* gimbalin
* gumimbal
* kagimbal-gimbal
* makagimbal

### Adjective

gimbál (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)
* greatly disturbed (by loud noises)

### Anagrams

* limbag
# wścibsko
## Polish
### Etymology

From wścibski +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɕt͡ɕip.skɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ipskɔ
* Syllabification: wścib‧sko

### Adverb

wścibsko (comparative bardziej wścibsko, superlative najbardziej wścibsko)
* inquisitively, nosily
    Synonym: ciekawsko

#### Related terms

* wścibski
* wścibstwo

### Further reading

* wścibsko in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# Gresley
## English
### Etymology

Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

### Proper noun

Gresley (plural Gresleys)
* A surname from Old English.

#### Derived terms

* Castle Gresley
* Church Gresley

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Gresley is the 130610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 130 individuals. Gresley is most common among White (98.46%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gresley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83.

### Anagrams

* Greelys
# scorch
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /skɔːtʃ/
* (General American) IPA: /skɔɹt͡ʃ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃ

### Noun

scorch (countable and uncountable, plural scorches)
* A slight or surface burn.
* A discolouration caused by heat.
* (phytopathology) Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.

#### Synonyms

* (slight burn): singe

#### Derived terms

* leaf scorch
* scorched earth
* scorch up
* scorchy

#### Translations
### Verb

scorch (third-person singular simple present scorches, present participle scorching, simple past and past participle scorched)
* (transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
* (transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
** 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure:Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
* (ergative) (To cause) to become scorched or singed
* (intransitive) To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
** 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 289:Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.
* To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 16:8:Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
** 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):the fire that scorches me to death
* (transitive) To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
* (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

#### Translations
### See also

* livid

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “scorch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
# fluttermice
## English
### Noun

fluttermice
* plural of fluttermouse
# laban
## English
### Noun

laban (uncountable)
* (uncommon) Alternative form of leban
** 2023 November 24, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Why the humble hispi cabbage is the new cauliflower steak”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:At Akub in Notting Hill, chef Fadi Kattan does a modern take on the traditional Palestinian dish, malfouf with laban, showcasing grilled hispi with garlic yoghurt and pomegranate.

### Anagrams

* Alban, Balan, Blaan, Nabal, alban, banal, labna, nabal, nabla

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧ban
* IPA: /ˈlaban/ [ˈl̪a.ban̪]

### Noun

lában
* fight, battle, match
    Synonym: sulbod

#### Derived terms

* ilaban
* kalaban
* labanan
* maglaban
* makilaban

## Iban
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).

#### Verb

laban
* to fight

##### Derived terms

* ngelaban

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“besides, except”).

#### Conjunction

laban
* because; owing to

##### Related terms

* kebuah

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).

### Noun

laban
* fight; struggle

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лобан (loban).

### Noun

laban m (plural labani)
* flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”). Compare Bikol Central laban, Kapampangan laban, Malay lawan, and Javanese ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlaban/ [ˈlaː.bɐn̪]
* Rhymes: -aban
* Syllabification: la‧ban

#### Noun

laban (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜈ᜔)
* fight; quarrel
    Synonyms: away, awayan, basag-ulo
* match; contest; game
    Synonyms: laro, paligsahan
* going against; opposition
    Synonyms: tutol, pagtutol, kontra, pagkontra
* fact or condition of being against or contradictory
    Synonyms: salungat, pagkasalungat, kasalungatan

##### Derived terms

* di-kalaban
* di-mapaglabanan
* Hukbalahap
* ilaban
* ipaglaban
* kalaban
* kalabanin
* laban sa sakit
* laban-laban
* labanan
* lumaban
* maglaban
* maglabanan
* makalaban
* makilaban
* makipaglaban
* malabanan
* manlalaban
* mapaglabanan
* mapanlaban
* paglaban
* paglabanan
* paglalaban
* pakikilaban
* palaban
* panlaban
* walang-laban

#### Adjective

laban (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜈ᜔)
* against; contrary; opposed
    Synonyms: kontra, salungat, kasalungat

##### Derived terms

* laban kay
* laban sa

#### Interjection

laban (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜈ᜔)
* expression of encouragement: fight!
    Laban lang!Just keep on fighting!

##### Alternative forms

* labern, lavern — gay slang

### Etymology 2

From labhan with elision of /h/.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈban/ [lɐˈban̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: la‧ban

#### Verb

labán (complete nilaban, progressive nilalaban, contemplative lalaban, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜈ᜔) (nonstandard)
* Alternative form of labhan

### Further reading

* “laban”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* lanab, banal, Banal
# rozzo
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin *rudius, neuter comparative form of rudis or more likely its o-stem derivative. Cognate to Logudorian Sardinian ruzu (“rough, boorish”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrod.d͡zo/
* Rhymes: -oddzo
* Hyphenation: róz‧zo

### Adjective

rozzo (feminine rozza, masculine plural rozzi, feminine plural rozze)
* (figurative) uncouth, coarse, impolite
    Synonyms: ingenuo, semplice, inesperto, maleducato
    linguaggio rozzo ― crude language
    è un uomo rozzo e incolto ― he's a coarse, ignorant man
** 1898, Giacomo Leopardi, edited by Giosuè Carducci, Pensieri di varia filosofia e di bella letteratura, page 3398:Basti ora il dire che non si è mai per ancora veduto in alcun secolo, appo nazione alcuna, stile corrotto o barbaro e rozzo, e lingua pura o delicata, né viceversa, ma sempre e in ogni luogo la rozzezza, la purità, la perfezione, la decadenza, la corruttela della lingua e dello stile si sono trovate in compagnia.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (rare, literal) rough
    Synonyms: ruvido, scabro

#### Derived terms

* rozzamente
* rozzezza
* rozzone
* rozzore
* rozzume

#### Related terms

* rude

### References

* ↑ rozzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* ↑ rozzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
# dadap
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay dedap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapdap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dadap/
* Rhymes: -ap

### Noun

dadap (plural dadap-dadap)
* coral tree (Erythrina spp.)
    Synonym: dedap (Standard Malay)

#### Derived terms

* dadap ayam
* dadap cangkring
* dadap duri
* dadap laut
* dadap minyak
* laksana bunga dadap, sungguh merah berbau tidak

### Further reading

* “dadap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapdap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dadap/
* Hyphenation: da‧dap

### Noun

dadap (Sundanese script ᮓᮓᮕ᮪)
* coral tree (Erythrina spp.)

#### Derived terms

* dadap cangkring

### Further reading

* "DADAP", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
# satul
## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Malay catur (“chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “chess”, literally “four-limbed (army)”). Compare Tagalog satol, Tausug sattul, and Maranao sator.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /ˈsatul/ [ˈʂa.ʈuɭ]
* Rhymes: -atul
* Syllabification: sa‧tul

### Noun

satul
* playing chess

#### Derived terms

* edsatul
* satulan

## Romanian
### Noun

satul
* definite nominative/accusative singular of sat
# lagnat
## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Compare Cebuano hilanat and Tagalog lagnat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ləɡˈnat/ [ləɡˈnät]
* Hyphenation: lag‧nat

### Noun

lagnat
* fever

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *ra(g)nat (“fever”). Compare Kapampangan lagnat, Aklanon eagnat, Kinaray-a ragnat, Cebuano hilanat, and Waray-Waray hiranat.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laɡˈnat/ [lɐɡˈn̪at̪̚]
* Rhymes: -at
* Syllabification: lag‧nat

### Noun

lagnát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ᜔ᜈᜆ᜔)
* (medicine) fever
    Synonym: kalentura

#### Derived terms

* lagnatin
* laylagnat
* magkalagnat
* malagnatin

#### See also

* landang
* sinat

### Further reading

* “lagnat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* talang, ngatal
# flickermice
## English
### Noun

flickermice
* plural of flickermouse
# dakota
## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French dakota.

### Noun

dakota m (plural dakota)
* Dakota (people)

#### Declension
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Wordplay on English Dakota and Cebuano dako (“big”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /daˈkota/ [d̪ɐˈxoː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: da‧ko‧ta

### Adjective

dakota (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃᜓᜆ) (gay slang, vulgar)
* having a large penis; well-hung
    Synonym: (slang) daks

#### Related terms

* laki

### Noun

dakota (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃᜓᜆ) (gay slang, vulgar)
* large penis

#### See also

* titi

### Further reading

* Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 37

### Anagrams

* daktao
# şırıltı
## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شریلدی (şırıldı, “the sound of a stream of water falling into a pool”), from Ottoman Turkish شریل (şırıl, “onomatopoeic for; the sound or action of a fluid flowing”), from Ottoman Turkish شر (şır, “onomatopoeic for; a weak, treble sound of flowing water”), morphologically şır +‎ -l +‎ -tı.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɯ.ɾɯɫˈtɯ/
* Hyphenation: şı‧rıl‧tı

### Noun

şırıltı (definite accusative şırıltıyı, plural şırıltılar)
* The sound of flowing water.

#### Related terms

* şırıldamak

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شریلدی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1124
* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1119
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “şırıltı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
# бекати
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běkati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /běːkati/
* Hyphenation: бе‧ка‧ти

### Verb

бе́кати impf (Latin spelling békati)
* (intransitive) to give a bleat (to sound like a sheep)

#### Related terms

* бекнути pf

### References

* “бекати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bekati. By surface analysis, бе (be) +‎ -кати (-katy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛkɐte]
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### Verb

бе́кати • (békaty) impf (perfective бе́кнути) (intransitive)
* to bleat, to baa (of goats or sheep)
    Synonyms: ме́кати (mékaty), (dialectal) бегета́ти (behetáty), (dialectal) бле́яти (bléjaty)
* (colloquial) to mumble, to mutter

#### Derived terms

* бе́кання n (békannja)
* забе́кати pf (zabékaty)
* побе́кати pf (pobékaty), побе́кувати impf (pobékuvaty)
* пробе́кати pf (probékaty)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бекати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “бекати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “бекати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “бекати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “бекати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “бекати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “бекати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
# παλαίω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* πάλαιμι (pálaimi) — Aeolic
* παλήω (palḗō) — Boeotian

### Etymology

From πά̆λη (pá̆lē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.lǎi̯.ɔː/ → /paˈlɛ.o/ → /paˈle.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pa.lǎi̯.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /paˈlɛ.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /paˈlɛ.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /paˈle.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /paˈle.o/

### Verb

παλαίω • (palaíō)
* to wrestle
* to overcome
* to endeavour

#### Derived terms

* πάλαισις (pálaisis)
* πάλαισμα (pálaisma)
* παλαισμοσύνη (palaismosúnē)
* παλαιστέον (palaistéon)
* παλαιστής (palaistḗs)
* παλαίστρα (palaístra)

### Further reading

* “παλαίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* παλαίω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* παλαίω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “παλαίω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter