A2verb · transitive · common

beg

beg · begs · begged · begging

просити, благати, жебрати, молити

просить, попросить, выпрашивать, клянчить

bitten, betteln, anflehen

To request the help of someone, often in the form of moneyTo request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

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/ˈbɛɡ/

» Mary begged Tom not to leave.

Мэри умоляла Тома не уходить.

Мэри умоляла Тома не уезжать.

Мері благала Тома не йти.

Meaning

7 senses

(intransitive)To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
He begged on the street corner from passers-by.
betteln
проси́тьprosítʹ, попроси́тьpoprosítʹ, попроша́йничатьpoprošájničatʹ
жебра́читиžebráčyty, же́братиžébraty, проси́тиprosýty
(transitive)To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
I beg your pardon. I didn’t mean to cause offence.
He begged her to go to the prom with him.
anflehen, bitten
умоля́тьumoljátʹ, моли́тьmolítʹ, проси́тьprosítʹ
блага́тиblaháty, моли́тиmolýty, проси́тиprosýty
(transitive)To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
The way you keep eating raw meat, you're just begging to get tapeworms.
(intransitive, transitive)To obviously lack or be in need of something.
A captivating novel that just begs for a movie adaptation
(transitive)In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
(proscribed, transitive)In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
(obsolete, transitive)To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
ask to obtain free

Examples

626 sentences

Mary begged Tom not to leave.
Мері благала Тома не йти. — deniko
ruМэри умоляла Тома не уходить. — marafon
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I begged Tom to do that.
Я молив Тома зробити це. — deniko
ruЯ умолял Тома это сделать. — marafon
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Mary begged Tom not to hit her anymore.
Мері благала Тома більше її не бити. — deniko
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Tom begged Mary not to tell his parents about what had happened.
Том благав Мері не казати його батькам що трапилося. — deniko
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Tom begged Mary not to say anything.
Том молив Мері нічого не казати. — deniko
deTom flehte Maria an, nichts zu sagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to request the help of someone, often in the form of money:

to plead with someone for help:

Русский

By meaning 2

to request the help of someone, often in the form of money:

to plead with someone for help:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to request the help of someone, often in the form of money:

to plead with someone for help:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English beggen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English *becg

Inherited from Middle English beggen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English *becgian, *bedcian, syncopated forms of bedecian (“to beg”), itself of obscure origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bedukōn, a frequentative verb derived from Proto-West Germanic *bedu (“plea, petition, prayer”, whence English bead). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *bedagō (“petitioner, requester, beggar”), an agent noun from the same source. Compare North Frisian bēdagi (“to pray”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍅𐌰 (bidagwa, “beggar”). All ultimately from the root of English bid, which see for more. An alternative theory considers the verb a backformation from beggar and derives the latter from Old French begart (“kind of lay brother”).

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