beeds
Central Franconian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German beide + -s. The latter is probably an adverbial ending (cf. the postpositioned use, which is similar to an adverb).
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editbeeds pl (attributive beedse)
- both
- Se hann sich beeds e Been jebroche.
- They both broke a leg.
- Hä hät sich beedse Been jebroche.
- He broke both his legs.
Usage notes
edit- The nominal form is only used postpositioned (example 1). It is often intensified to allebeeds.
- The attributive form cannot take an article or determiner before it (as in English, but unlike Standard German). The German form beide or the hybrid beede are also heard for it, but this is a recent corruption.