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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bēgaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bēgaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_begaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēgaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>bēgaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈbɛː.ɣɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᛖᚷᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>difficult, bad</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *bēganą (‘to fight, argue, quarrel’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēganǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēganz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēganō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēganō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>bēgaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>bēgaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>bēgaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēgô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēganiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēganų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēganunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēginiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēginiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēganǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēganǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēgini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēgammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēginē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēginē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>bēgammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>bēgōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>bēgammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>bágr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>bágur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>båg</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*paha</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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