бити

See also: бꙑти

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbiti]

Participle

би́ти • (bíti)

  1. indefinite plural past passive participle of би́я (bíja)

Old Church Slavonic

бити бѫбьнъ

Alternative forms

  • ⰱⰻⱅⰻ (biti) – Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Verb

бити • (biti) impf

  1. (transitive) to beat
    • from Slavonic Josephus, книга 6, 460в:
      титъ же рече имъ врѣмѧ прошенїѧ миноуло. [...] и тако рекъ повелѣ мꙋчити и, и би ѧ.
      titŭ že reče imŭ vrěmę prošenię minulo. [...] i tako rekŭ povelě mučiti i, i bi ę.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (transitive) to hit

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бити (biti) and Old Polish bić.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲitʲi/
  • Hyphenation: би‧ти

Verb

бити (biti) impf

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: бити
  • Russian: бить (bitʹ)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bîti/
  • Hyphenation: би‧ти

Verb

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) to be
    • 1989, Ђорђе Балашевић (lyrics and music), “Девојка Са Чардаш Ногама”, in Три послератна друга‎, Нови Сад: Југотон, performed by Ђорђе Балашевић:
      Рекох јој "Бежи, мани се,
      и тражи боље партије!
      Премала је моја тамбура
      да те од кише сакрије".
      I told her “Move on, let go of me,
      and look for a better catch
      My guitar is too small
      To hide you from the rain”.
    небо је плаво ― the sky is blue
  2. (intransitive) to exist
    код нас није кише ― it is not raining where we are
  3. (intransitive) to be, appear
    гд(ј)е је дима, ту је и ватре ― where there's smoke, there's fire
  4. (intransitive, interrogatively) forming a question
    јеси ли ту? ― are you there?
  5. (intransitive) to be worth
    пет јабука је два еура ― five apples cost two euros
  6. (intransitive, impersonally, in the future tense) it will happen
    бит ће рата ― a war is coming
  7. (intransitive) to be located
    банана је на столу ― a banana is on the table
  8. (intransitive) to express time
    три су сата ― it is three o'clock
  9. (intransitive) to express age
    тек јој је шеснаест година ― she is only sixteen
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bîti/
  • Hyphenation: би‧ти

Verb

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
    Synonyms: ту̑ћи, у̀дарати
Conjugation
Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian бити, from Old East Slavic бити (biti), from Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪte]
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Verb

би́ти • (býty) impf (perfective поби́ти)

  1. (transitive) to beat, to hit, to strike

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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