biś

See also: bis, Bis, bis-, biş, bís, and Biś

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • bisch

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲiɕ]

Verb

biś impf (perfective deriś)

  1. to hit, strike, beat

Conjugation
Conjugation of biś (imperfective)
Present Singular Dual Plural
1st person biju
bijom		 bijomej bijomy
2nd person bijoš bijotej bijośo
3rd person bijo bijotej biju
Preterite Singular Dual Plural
1st person bijach bijachmej bijachmy
2nd person bijašo bijaštej bijašćo
3rd person bijašo bijaštej bijachu
Imperative Singular Dual Plural
2nd person bij bijtej bijśo
Participles
  • Present: bijucy
  • Past active (“ł-form”): bił
  • Past passive: bity
Infinitive
biś
Supine
bit
Verbal noun
biśe

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • bijadło n (“striking mechanism”)
  • bijak m (“club, bat”)
  • bijaŕ m (“ruffian”)
  • dobiś pf (“to beat to death”)
  • nabiś pf (“to nail down”)
  • póbiś pf (“to beat down”)
  • pódbiś pf (“to hammer down”)
  • pśebiś pf (“to beat up”)
  • pśezabiś pf (“to beat through”)
  • pśibiś pf (“to nail down”)
  • rozbiś pf (“to beat thoroughly”)
  • wobbiś pf (“to beat”)
  • wobiś pf (“to beat down”)
  • wótbiś pf (“to beat down”)
  • wubiś pf (“to beat out”)
  • zabiś pf (“to beat in”)
  • zbiś pf (“to beat to pieces”)

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “biś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “biś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Romani
Romani numbers (edit)
200
 ←  10  ←  19 20 21  → [a], [b] 30  → [a], [b], [c]
2
    Cardinal: biś
    Ordinal: bìśto
    Adverbial: biśvar

Alternative forms
  • bish (Anglicized)
  • biš (Pan-Vlax)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśatí). Cognate with Hindi बीस (bīs), Persian بیست‎ (bist).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiʃ/

Numeral

biś

  1. (International Standard) twenty

Descendants
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: biȟ
  • → Romanian: biștar
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