# bant
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ænt

### Etymology 1

Back-formation from banting.

#### Verb

bant (third-person singular simple present bants, present participle banting, simple past and past participle banted)
* (colloquial, now rare) To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet. [from 19th c.]
** 1865 June 12, Pall Mall Gazette:If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’
** 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 70, in Of Human Bondage:‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’

### Etymology 2

Clipping of banter.

#### Noun

bant (uncountable)
* (slang) Clipping of banter.

### See also

* banting

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod, stick; barrier made of sticks, fence”). Cognate with German Wand, Dutch wand, Icelandic vendi.

### Noun

bant f (plural bénte) (Sette Comuni)
* wall, partition
    De bénte zeint de innanten maurn bon hòizarn.The partitions are the inner walls of houses.
* twelve fathoms

#### Declension
### References

* “bant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Verb

bant
* inflection of bannen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bana, banet

### Verb

bant
* past participle of bane (Etymology 3)

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German bant. First attested in 1394.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /bant/
* IPA: (15th CE) /bant/

### Noun

bant m animacy unattested
* ring in the rocker of doors used as a basic hinge
** 1874 [1394], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące‎, volume XV, page 63:Pro III instrumentis dictis banthy, in quibus hostia dependent[Pro III instrumentis dictis banty, in quibus hostia dependent]
* (attested in Lesser Poland) rafter bolt
** 1879-1920 [1461], Sprawozdania Komisji do Badania Historii Sztuki w Polsce‎, volume V, Krakow, page XXIX:Emi sexagenam tignorum super banthi[Emi sexagenam tignorum super banty]

#### Descendants

* Polish: bant
* Silesian: bant

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “bant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “bant”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
   * B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “bant”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbant/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈbant/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈbant]
* Rhymes: -ant
* Syllabification: bant
* Homophone: band

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish bant. Doublet of bandy.

#### Alternative forms

* banta

#### Noun

bant m inan
* (nautical) posted beam (wide cloth strip sewn onto sails to increase durability)
* (Przemyśl) crossbeam connecting rafters
* (obsolete) ring, band
    Synonyms: obręcz, opaska
* (Middle Polish) rafter bolt
    Hypernym: belka

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

bant f
* genitive plural of banta

### Further reading

* bant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bant”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Danuta Lankiewicz (17.06.2020) “*BANT, *BANTA, BANDA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 95
* M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Bant on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource $^{pl}$
* bant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “banty”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 237

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant
* Syllabification: bant

### Noun

bant m inan
* hinge (jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.)
    Synonym: bantka
* (construction) small beam connecting rafters

### Further reading

* Bogdan Kallus (2020) “bant”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 238
* Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “bant”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 42

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bant/
* Rhymes: -ant

### Etymology 1

From i bant (“to (the) hollow/valley”).

#### Adverb

bant
* (South Wales, colloquial) away, off
    Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair
       He drove away / off, without saying a word
    Synonym: i ffwrdd
* (South Wales, colloquial) off (not in an operating state)
    Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?
       Is the computer off?
    Synonym: i ffwrdd
    Antonym: ymlaen

##### Derived terms

* amser bant (“time away, time off”)
* bant â hi (“slapdash”)
* bant â'r cart (“off we go”)
* diwrnod bant (“day away, day off”)

#### Mutation

As bant is already the soft mutation of pant, it cannot be further mutated.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bant
* Soft mutation of pant.

#### Mutation

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