Lexeme: bezaff / lesell / seuell en e sav

Language:
Middle Breton
Meaning:
stand
Cognate Set:
*steh₂- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
bezaff / lesell / seuell en e sav
Phonetic:
ˈbeːðaṽ / ˈleːselː / ˈseːvelː en e saːv
Notes: As in French, there is no verb 'to stand' in Breton. IN Middle Breton the concept is expressed by light-verb constructions, combining the verbs bezaff 'to be',seuell 'to rise up' or lesell 'to leave' with the noun phrase en e (he etc.) sav, eus e sav 'in his/her standing'.