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 плавоthe sky is blue
  2. (intransitive) to exist
    код нас није кишеit is not raining where we are
  3. (intransitive) to be, appear
    гд(ј)е је дима, ту је и ватреwhere 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 еураfive apples cost two euros
  6. (intransitive, impersonally, in the future tense) it will happen
    бит ће ратаa war is coming
  7. (intransitive) to be located
    банана је на столуa banana is on the table
  8. (intransitive) to express time
    три су сатаit is three o'clock
  9. (intransitive) to express age
    тек јој је шеснаест годинаshe 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]
  • (file)

Verb

би́ти (býty) impf (perfective поби́ти)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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