Forbit

/fərˈbɪt/ verb

Definition

An archaic or dialectal past tense form of 'forbid,' meaning to have forbidden or prohibited something.

Etymology

Variant or dialectal past tense of 'forbid,' from Old English 'forbeodan.' Different dialects and time periods used various past tense forms (forbad, forbade, forbit) before 'forbade' became standard.

Kelly Says

English used to be much messier with past tenses—'forbit' reminds us that Shakespeare's time had competing versions of the same word, and standardization is actually quite recent in linguistic history.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
መቃወም
me-ka-wom
ARالعربية
يمنع
yu-manʿ
BNবাংলা
নিষেধ কর
ni-she-dh kor
CACatalà
prohibeix
pro-hi-bei-ks
CSČeština
zakazovat
za-ka-zo-vat'
DADansk
forbyde
for-by-de
DEDeutsch
verbieten
ver-bi-e-ten
ELΕλληνικά
απαγορεύω
a-pa-go-re-vo
ESEspañol
prohibir
pro-hi-bir
FAفارسی
ممنوع
mam-nooʿ
FISuomi
kieltää
kie-ltaa
FRFrançais
interdire
in-ter-di-re
GUGU
વિરોધ
vi-rodh
HAHA
haram
ha-ram
HEעברית
אסור
a-sur
HIहिन्दी
निषेध करना
ni-she-dh kar-na
HUMagyar
tilt
tilt
IDBahasa Indonesia
melarang
me-la-rang
IGIG
ọgọ
ọ-gọ
ITItaliano
vietare
vee-ta-re
JA日本語
禁止する
kin-shi-suru
KKKK
жаза
ja-za
KMKM
ប្រាក់
braak
KO한국어
금지하다
geumji-hada
MRMR
निषेध
ni-she-dh
MSBahasa Melayu
melarang
me-la-rang
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွမ်း
kyun
NLNederlands
verbieden
ver-bee-den
NONorsk
forbyde
for-by-de
PAPA
ਕਿਉ
ki-o
PLPolski
zakazywać
za-ka-zy-wa-ć
PTPortuguês
proibir
pro-ibir
RORomână
interzice
in-ter-zi-tse
RUРусский
запрещать
zapre-shy-at'
SVSvenska
förbjuda
för-by-du-a
SWKiswahili
kizuia
ki-zui-a
TAதமிழ்
தடை
tha-dai
TEతెలుగు
పరిమితం
pa-ri-mi-tam
THไทย
ห้าม
haam
TLTL
nagbabawal
na-ga-ba-ba-wal
TRTürkçe
yasaklamak
ya-sak-la-mak
UKУкраїнська
забороняти
za-boronya-ty
URاردو
منع
manʿ
VITiếng Việt
cấm
cam
YOYO
àgbà
a-gba
ZH中文
禁止
jin-zhi
ZUZU
ukuthi
u-ku-thi

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