besmuikt
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch smuyck, from Old Dutch smuyck. The prefix be- was added as phonetic contamination from the past participle of smuiken (“to be hidden or calm”). Compare also the related verbs smokkelen and smuiken, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smukkōną (“to slide, slip through”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈsmœy̯kt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧smuikt
- Rhymes: -œy̯kt
Adjective
besmuikt (comparative besmuikter, superlative besmuiktst)
- secret, secretive
- Synonyms: heimelijk, geniepig, achterbaks
Inflection
| Inflection of besmuikt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | besmuikt | |||
| inflected | besmuikte | |||
| comparative | besmuikter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | besmuikt | besmuikter | het besmuiktst het besmuiktste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | besmuikte | besmuiktere | besmuiktste |
| n. sing. | besmuikt | besmuikter | besmuiktste | |
| plural | besmuikte | besmuiktere | besmuiktste | |
| definite | besmuikte | besmuiktere | besmuiktste | |
| partitive | besmuikts | besmuikters | — | |
References
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