Definizione monolingua

begat

begat

1. (archaic) Simple past of beget.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1], Genesis 5:3

     And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[2], Matthew 1:2

     Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren

begat (plural begats)

1. (nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
   • 2000, Earl F. Lehman, The God Bu$ine$$, page 59:

     To put food on the table, Ruth gleaned in the fields and one of the fields belonged to Boaz who noticed her and admired her. They married and Ruth bore a son, Obed. There ensues a begat-ridden genealogy and....

   • 2002, P. J. ORourke, The CEO of the Sofa, page 146:

     Theres a bunch of begats in First Chronicles, chapter six, and its way dull, especially if you consider what a begat involves.

   • 2002, Geoffrey H. Hartman; Dr. Geoffrey Hartman, The longest shadow: in the aftermath of the Holocaust, page 108:

     In many instances even that cannot be done,"" and John Edgar Wideman prefaces Damballah with ""A Begat Chart"" and a ""Family Tree.""

Definizione dizionario begat

Altri significati:

(archaic) Simple past of beget.

(nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible