bikt

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

bikt

1. inflection of bikken:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German bicht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbikt/, [ˈbikˑt]

Noun

bikt

1. (Christianity) confession
2. (Christianity) Holy Communion

   Alternative form: bikț

   Synonym: jumāllōda

Declension

Declension of bikt (77)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	bikt	biktūd
genitive (genitīv)	bikt	biktūd
partitive (partitīv)	biktõ	biktīdi
dative (datīv)	biktõn	biktūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	biktõks	biktūdõks
illative (illatīv)	biktõ	biktīž
inessive (inesīv)	biktsõ	biktīs
elative (elatīv)	biktstõ	biktīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “bikt”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German bicht(e). Compare Dutch biecht, German Beichte.

Noun

bikt c

1. (Christianity) confession (of sin)
2. (figuratively) baring of one's soul (and admission of flaws)

Declension

Declension of bikt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bikt	bikts
	definite	bikten	biktens
plural	indefinite	bikter	bikters
	definite	bikterna	bikternas

Related terms

• bikta (“to confess”)

References

• “bikt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• bikt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)