biti

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See also: bití, bíti, and bítì

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧ti
  • IPA(key): /ˈbitiʔ/ [ˈbi.tiʔ]

Noun

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biti

  1. (anatomy, usually of fish) A swim bladder of a fish.
  2. A swim bladder from the fish known as Abo or Tigertooth croaker, endemic in the San Miguel Bay in the Philippines.

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

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biti

  1. to snap; to fracture or break apart suddenly

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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biti

  1. animate masculine plural passive participle of bít

Huba

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Noun

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biti

  1. water

References

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  • Ayuba Y. Mshelia, The Story of the Origins of the Bura/Pabir People →ISBN, 2014)
  • Mohammed Aminu Mu'azu, A grammar of the Kilba language (2009) (as ɓìtì)

Icelandic

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Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse biti.

Noun

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biti m (genitive singular bita, nominative plural bitar)

  1. piece
    Synonym: stykki
  2. mouthful, a morsel
    Synonym: munnbiti
  3. snack, bite, small meal
    Viltu fá þér bita? ― Wanna have a bite?
  4. crossbeam
    Synonym: þvertré
  5. (computing) bit, binary digit
Declension
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Declension of biti (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative biti bitinn bitar bitarnir
accusative bita bitann bita bitana
dative bita bitanum bitum bitunum
genitive bita bitans bita bitanna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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biti

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive of bíta
  2. third-person singular past subjunctive of bíta

Ido

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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biti

  1. plural of bito

Latvian

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Noun

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biti m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of bits

Noun

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biti f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of bite

Lindu

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Noun

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biti

  1. chisel

Lokono

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Numeral

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biti

  1. (Eastern Lokono) four.
    Synonym: bithi

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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biti

  1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of biten
  2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter singular of biten

Verb

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biti

  1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of bite

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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biti n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bit

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split, crack”).

Noun

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biti m (genitive bita)

  1. bit, mouthful, morsel
  2. eyetooth
  3. crossbeam
Declension
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  Declension of biti (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative biti bitinn bitar bitarnir
accusative bita bitann bita bitana
dative bita bitanum bitum bitunum
genitive bita bitans bita bitanna
Descendants
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  • Icelandic: biti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bete
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bete

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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biti

  1. indefinite dative singular of bit

Verb

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biti

  1. third-person singular/plural past subjunctive active of bíta

References

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  • “biti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bîti/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

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bȉti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

  1. (intransitive) to be, to exist
    Biti ili ne biti? ― To be or not to be?
  2. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective or passive past participle that describes it (equivalent to all English senses and functions as a copula; subject having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.)
    Vrijeme je lijepo, a ja sam sretan! ― The weather is nice and I am happy!
    • 1989, Đorđe Balašević (lyrics and music), “Devojka Sa Čardaš Nogama”, in Đorđe Balašević (lyrics), Tri posleratna druga‎[1], performed by Đorđe Balašević, Novi Sad: Jugoton:
      Rekoh joj "Beži, mani se,
      i traži bolje partije!
      Premala je moja tambura
      da te od kiše sakrije".
      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”.
  3. (transitive, auxiliary, regional) Used as an auxiliary verb in the present to form near future tense; similar to English going to.
    Nisam siguran, budemo vid(j)eli. ― I'm not sure, we'll see.
  4. (transitive, auxiliary) Used as an auxiliary verb to form compound verb tenses (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect, conditional) together with the active past participle.
    Kad si zadnji put bio tamo? ― When were you there the last time?
    Trčao sam. ― I ran. / I have run.
    Trčao bih. ― I would run.
    Bio bih trčao maraton da sam tada imao tenisice za trčanje. ― I would have run the marathon if I had had running shoes at the time.
  5. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice together with the passive past participle of the main verb.
    Ulovio sam loptu. Lopta je bila ulovljena. ― I caught the ball. The ball was caught. / The ball has been caught.
  6. (intransitive, interrogatively) Used to form a question, usually a polar one.
    Jesi li tu? ― Are you there?
  7. (intransitive, copulative, impersonal) Used to indicate a general condition, such as weather, worth or value.
    Pet jabuka jest dva eura. ― Five apples are two euro.
    Rekli su da će danas biti sunčano. ― They said that it's going to be sunny today.
  8. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) to equal, to total, to add up to (indicates the equivalence of values)
    Pet plus pet je deset. ― Five plus five is ten.
  9. (intransitive, impersonal, in the future tense) Used to express a premonition; there will be, there is going to be, to be coming
    Bit će / Biće rata. ― A war is coming.
Usage notes
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  • 1st-person singular budem is perfective while 1st-person singular jesam is imperfective. jesam, jesi, jest(e), jesmo, jeste and jesu theoretically constitute a verb whose infinitive was lost before Proto-Slavic and all fell under the umbrella of the infinitive biti during Proto-Slavic. biti is thus simultaneously both imperfective and perfective and has therefore both a present (budući) and a past (bivši) verbal adverb.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of biti
Infinitive: biti Present verbal adverb: bȕdūći Past verbal adverb: bȋvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present jèsam (impf., emphatic)
sam (impf.)
bȕdēm (pf.) 		jèsi (impf., emphatic)
si (impf.)
bȕdēš (pf.) 		jȅste, jȅst (impf., emphatic)
je (impf.)
bȕdē (pf.) 		jèsmo (impf., emphatic)
smo (impf.)
bȕdēmo (pf.) 		jèste (impf., emphatic)
ste (impf.)
bȕdēte (pf.) 		jèsu (impf., emphatic)
su (impf.)
bȕdū (pf.)
Future Future I bȉt ću1
bȉću 		bȉt ćeš1
bȉćeš 		bȉt će1
bȉće 		bȉt ćemo1
bȉćemo 		bȉt ćete1
bȉćete 		bȉt će1
bȉće
Future II bȕdēm bȉo2 bȕdēš bȉo2 bȕdē bȉo2 bȕdēmo bíli2 bȕdēte bíli2 bȕdū bíli2
Past Perfect bȉo sam2 bȉo si2 bȉo je2 bíli smo2 bíli ste2 bíli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bȉo2 bȉo si bȉo2 bȉo je bȉo2 bíli smo bíli2 bíli ste bíli2 bíli su bíli2
Aorist bȉh bȉ bȉ bȉsmo bȉste bȉše
Imperfect bȉjāh / bjȅh / bȅjāh / bȅh bȉjāše / bjȅše / bȅjāše / bȅše bȉjāše / bjȅše / bȅjāše / bȅše bȉjāsmo / bjȅsmo / bȅjāsmo / bȅsmo bȉjāste / bjȅste / bȅjāste / bȅste bȉjāhu / bjȅhu / bȅjāhu / bȅhu
Conditional I bȉo bih2 bȉo bi2 bȉo bi2 bíli bismo2 bíli biste2 bíli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bȉo2 bȉo bi bȉo2 bȉo bi bȉo2 bíli bismo bíli2 bíli biste bíli2 bíli bi bíli2
Imperative — bȕdi — bȕdimo bȕdite —
Active past participle bȉo m / bíla f / bílo n bíli m / bíle f / bíla n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • “biti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bȉti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 342

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bîti/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

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bȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
    Synonyms: tȗći, ùdarati
Conjugation
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Conjugation of biti
Infinitive: biti Present verbal adverb: bȉjūći Past verbal adverb: bivši Verbal noun: bìjēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bijem biješ bije bijemo bijete biju
Future Future I bit ću1
biću 		bit ćeš1
bićeš 		bit će1
biće 		bit ćemo1
bićemo 		bit ćete1
bićete 		bit će1
biće
Future II bȕdēm bio2 bȕdēš bio2 bȕdē bio2 bȕdēmo bili2 bȕdēte bili2 bȕdū bili2
Past Perfect bio sam2 bio si2 bio je2 bili smo2 bili ste2 bili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bio2 bȉo si bio2 bȉo je bio2 bíli smo bili2 bíli ste bili2 bíli su bili2
Imperfect bijah bijaše bijaše bijasmo bijaste bijahu
Conditional I bio bih2 bio bi2 bio bi2 bili bismo2 bili biste2 bili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bio2 bȉo bi bio2 bȉo bi bio2 bíli bismo bili2 bíli biste bili2 bíli bi bili2
Imperative — bij — bijmo bijte —
Active past participle bio m / bila f / bilo n bili m / bile f / bila n
Passive past participle bijen m / bijena f / bijeno n bijeni m / bijene f / bijena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • “biti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bȉti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 338

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bìːti/
  • Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

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bíti impf

  1. (intransitive) to be, to exist
    Trgovina je za kavarno. ― The store is behind the cafe
  2. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective, noun or passive past participle that describes it (equivalent to all English senses and functions as a copula; subject having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.)
    On je moj prijatelj. ― He is my friend.
  3. (intransitive) there be
    Synonym: obstājati
    Bil je kralj, ki je vladal devetim deželam.
    There was a king which ruled over nine lands.
    Na sredi parcele je hiša.
    There is a house in the centre of the lot.
  4. (intransitive, impersonal) to be (see usage notes)
    Očitno je bilo, da ni imel pojma o tem, kar govori.
    It was clear that he had no idea about what he was telling.
  5. (elliptically) Taking the form of another part of a sentence:
    1. a binding participle
      • Saj boš en kozarček, ne? ― You will drink a glass [of a drink], right?
      Kaj bomo pa zdaj? ― What are we going to do now?
    2. a part of a subject
      Ta stol je iz lesa. ― This chair is made out of wood.
    3. (modal, impersonal, with infinitive) a modal verb or predicative denoting possibility or obligation; often translated as passive
      Žive duše ni bilo videti ― There was not a single person to be seen. (literally, “(One) could not see a single soul”)
    4. (in conditional mood, colloquial) verb imẹ́ti
      Jaz bi plišastega medvedka. ― I would like to have a teddy bear.
  6. (intransitive) to cost
    Torbica je bila sto evrov. ― The purse cost a hundered euros.
  7. (intransitive, expressive) to feel, to want[→SSKJ]
    Bilo mu je, da bi zavriskal. ― He wanted to shout out with joy.
  8. (intransitive, expressive, followed by da bi) to be worth
    • 2015 April 2, “Govor generalnega državnega tožilca na posvetu "Otrok in pasti sodobnega časa"”, in Državno tožilstvo republike Slovenije‎[4], retrieved 2023-02-07:
      O aktualnosti teme pa ni da bi govoril, saj je pravzaprav večna: ni bilo časa, ki s sabo ne bi prinašal, ob vseh drugih, tudi novih pasti, problemov in vprašanj.
      It is not worth talking about the topicality of this topic because it is actually timeless: there was not a time that would not bring, in addition to all other, also new traps, problems and questions.
  9. to hold, to be true, apply[→SSKJ]
    Zakon je za vse. ― Laws apply to everyone.
  10. (auxiliary, present forms) Used to form preterite tense.
  11. (auxiliary, present forms followed by l-participle) Used to form pluperfect tense.
  12. (auxiliary, future forms) Used to form future tense.
  13. (auxiliary, conditional form) Used to form present conditional mood.
  14. (auxiliary, conditional form followed by l-participle) Used to form preterite conditional mood.
  15. (auxiliary) Used to form passive voice.
Usage notes
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This verb is very hard to translate in English as it can form many specific formations that are not present in English and often require complete restructuring of the sentence. Additionally, it also has many irregularities and additional forms regarding conjugation. Both of these are detailed here.

Impersonal be
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Impersonal be can form many specific forms that often have to be translated together with the surrounding words, often changing the whole structure of a sentence:

  • Očitno je bilo, da ni imel pojma o tem, kar govori. ― It was clear that he had no idea about what he was telling.
  • Veliko kruha je še. ― There is a lot of bread (left)
  • Strah me je. ― I am scared.
  • Žal mi je bilo. ― I regretted it.

In the first example, also given in the definitions, there is no problem translating the verb as the impersonality can be represented by impersonal it. In the second example, the form there be can be used to convey the meaning. However, in the last two examples, translation is not that simple.

In the third example, word strah means "fear" (noun), me means "I" (accusative case) and je is the impersonal form of biti. Therefore, if one would literally translate this sentence, it would sound "Fear me is", which would not be understandable. In this case, the correct translation would be to convert "I" into the subject of the sentence, correctly conjugate the verb "be" and find a suitable adjective that would convey the same meaning, in this case "scared".

In the fourth example, žal means "unfortunately", mi means "I" (dative case), and je bilo is the preterite impersonal form biti. In this case, the verb has to be changed to the one that conveys the same meaning, and I has to be again converted into the subject.

These forms are not separate verbs as these forms are quite common and most of them are easily translatable (Bilo je mrzlo. ― It was cold.). This kind of untranslatable formations only appears in cases where dative or accusative are present and can in some cases also extend to the personal be, e.g. Same kosti so ga. ― He is skinny. (literally, “The bones are him.”), which is easier to understand, but still weird to say.

This problem is similar to that in German, e.g. with the word kalt.

Additional usage notes regarding conjugation
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The verb has three additional forms that are not common for other verbs: future forms, negative present indicative forms and conditional forms.

The future forms bear no stress when the verb is used as an auxiliary verb and stressed when it is a full-lexical form of the verb. In common speech, however, it is common to also form the future tense as with any other verb, i.e. unstressed forms followed by l-participle (bom bil). This form is not considered to be correct by SP[→SP]. In some dialects, future forms also have its special negative form, naum/noum/nbom.

The conditional form is used only as an auxiliary verb, except in cases with ellipsis (sense 5). Even when one wants to form conditional of biti, l-participle has to be included (bi bil). The verb also has no distinction between present and past conditional; both use only one l-participle. It usually bears no stress, but in negative form, the stress can be transferred from ne (ne bȉ), however the more common form is as usual (nȅ bi).

Present forms are stressed as a full-lexical verb and unstressed as auxiliary verb.

All unstressed forms can also bear stress when they have the stress in the sentence.

Conjugation
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Class I, accentual type IIC (accent is on different vowels in infinitive and present indicative), imperfective
Infinitive bíti (ø-ti), irregular accent, suppletive, additional form for conditional
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) bíti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) bȉt, bȋt
Supine bȉt, bȋt
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bȋł bilȁ, bȋla bilọ̑, bilȍ, bȋlo
dual bilȁ, bȋla bilȉ, bȋli bilȉ, bȋli
plural bilȋ, bilȉ, bȋli bilȅ, bilẹ̑, bȋle bilȁ, bȋla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bȋvši bȋvša bȋvše
dual bȋvša bȋvši bȋvši
plural bȋvši bȋvše bȋvša
conditional forms
masculine feminine neuter
singular bi, bȉstressed bi, bȉstressed bi, bȉstressed
dual bi, bȉstressed bi, bȉstressed bi, bȉstressed
plural bi, bȉstressed bi, bȉstressed bi, bȉstressed
adverbial š-participle bȋvši
True gerund bītje
Objectified gerund bītje
Present stem səm (-ø-m), athematic, irregular accent, suppletive, special future and negative present forms
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person səm, sə̏mstressed sva, svȁstressed, sma, smȁstressed smo, smȍstressed
2nd person si, sȉstressed sta, stȁstressed ste, stȅstressed
3rd person je, jȅstressed sta, stȁstressed so, sȍstressed
Negative present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person nísəm nísva, nísma nísmo
2nd person nísi nísta níste
3rd person ní nísta níso
Future indicative
singular dual plural
1st person bom, bọ̑mstressed,
bodem, bọ̄demstressed 		bova, bọ̑vastressed,
bodeva, bọ̄devastressed,
boma, bọ̑mastressed 		bomo, bọ̑mostressed,
bodemo, bọ̄demostressed
2nd person boš, bọ̑šstressed,
bodeš, bọ̄dešstressed 		bosta, bọ̑stastressed,
bodeta, bọ̄detastressed,
bota, bọ̑tastressed,
bodesta, bọ̄destastressed 		boste, bọ̑stestressed,
bodete, bọ̄detestressed,
bote, bọ̑testressed,
bodeste, bọ̄destestressed
3rd person bo, bọ̑stressed,
bode, bọ̄destressed 		bosta, bọ̑stastressed,
bodeta, bọ̄detastressed,
bota, bọ̑tastressed,
bodesta, bọ̄destastressed 		bodo, bọ̑dostressed,
bọ̑jo,
bodejo, bọ̄dejostressed
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person bọ́di bọ́diva, bodȋva, bọ́dima, bodȋma bọ́dimo, bodȋmo
2nd person bọ́di bọ́dita, bodȋta bọ́dite, bodȋte
3rd person bọ́di bọ́dita, bodȋta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bijọ̄č, ✝bodoč[acc?] bijọ́ča, ✝bodoča[acc?] bijọ́če, ✝bodoče[acc?]
dual bijọ́ča, ✝bodoča[acc?] bijọ́či, ✝bodoči[acc?] bijọ́či, ✝bodoči[acc?]
plural bijọ́či, ✝bodoči[acc?] bijọ́če, ✝bodoče[acc?] bijọ́ča, ✝bodoča[acc?]
adverbial participles
č-participle bijọ̄č, ✝bodoč[acc?]
e-participle –
Derived terms
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See also

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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bìːti/
  • Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

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bíti impf

  1. to beat (to hit, to strike)
    • 2019 February 25, “Žena je po nasvetu psihologa udarila svojega moža. Mož tepe svojo ženo, ali Pazite se sadista v hiši! Možni dejavniki tveganja za pojav agresije”, in Kormeshka‎[5], retrieved 2023-02-08:
      Če mož redno bije svojo ženo, potem morate najti način, kako ga ustaviti.
      If a man is regularly beating his wife, you have to find a way to stop him.
  2. to beat (to hit repeatedly, but not necessarily in rhythm)
    • 2023 February 8 (last accessed), “KAKO JESENI POLEPŠATI SVOJ DOM IN SE POČUTITI SREČNEGA”, in Planet design‎[6]:
      Dajmo torej nekaj predlogov, ki bodo hiši dali vitalnost , z majhnimi in velikimi okraski, ki lahko olepšajo in poskrbijo, da se počutimo vedno dejavne, tudi kadar zunaj dež bije po oknih.
      Let's therefore give some suggestions, which will give your house vitality, with small and big decorations, which can embellish and make sure that we feel active, even when the rain is beating on the windows.
  3. (usually reflexive) to fight
    • 2023, Ivica Flis Smaka, “Dodajmo kakovost življenju”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[7], retrieved 2023-02-08:
      In mi vsi nenehno bijemo bitko z zahrbtnim in neizprosnim sovražnikom, ki mu je ime staranje.
      And we all are constantly fighting a battle with a treacherous and unrelenting enemy, which is called ageing.
  4. to strike
    Ura je bila tri četrt. ― The clock was striking quarter to [some full hour].
  5. (impersonal) Used to tell time[→SSKJ]
    Osem je bilo. ― It was eight o'clock.
  6. (archaic) to play an instrument
    • 1863, Janez Leon, Levretanske pridige‎[8], Klagenfurt, page 20:
      In slišal sem glas od neba, kakor šum veliko vod, in kakor bobnenje velikega gromenja, in ta glas, katerega sem jaz slišal, je bil kakor citarjev, ki na svoje citre bijejo…
      And I heard the voice from the sky, like the sound of many rivers, and like a grumble of a big thunder, and this voice, which I have heard before, was like that from men which play their zithers.
  7. (literary) to spread[→SSKJ]
  8. (reflexive) to contadict[→SSKJ]
  9. (rare, archaic) to drop, to fall
    • 1862, “Posnetek iz novih postav”, in Novice kmetijskin, rokodelnih in narodskih stvari, (20)‎[9], Ljubljana, page 434:
      Na kogar bíje sum, da je storil hudodelstvo, na ktero je postavljena petletna ali še daljša ječa, tacega je treba bilo po sedaj veljavnem redu kazenske pravde zaprtega preiskovati in izpraševati; po novi postavi pa sme viša sodna gosposka tudi temu dovoliti, da ostane na svobodi ali ne zaprt, ako varščino dá ali pa poroka postavi, kakor je bilo gori zapovedano
      Onto whom falls the suspicion that he had done an evil deed, for which the penalty is five or more years, they had to be under the currently standing crime law inspected and questioned locked up; the new law stipulates that the higher-ranked judge can allow them to stay free and not locked up as well if he puts up the bail or the jury's opinion is what is mentioned above.
Conjugation
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Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), imperfective
Infinitive bíti (ø-ti)
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) bíti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) bīt, bȉt
Supine bȋt, bȉt
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bȉł bíla bílo
dual bíla bíli bíli
plural bíli bíle bíla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular bȋt bȋta bȋto
dual bȋta bȋti bȋti
plural bȋti bȋte bȋta
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
adverbial š-participle –
True gerund bítje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem bȋjem (je-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person bȋjem bȋjeva, bȋjema bȋjemo
2nd person bȋješ bȋjeta, bȋjesta bȋjete, bȋjeste
3rd person bȋje bȋjeta, bȋjesta bȋjejo
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person bīj bȋjva, bȋjma bȋjmo
2nd person bīj bȋjta bȋjte
3rd person bīj bȋjta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bijọ̄č bijọ́ča bijọ́če
dual bijọ́ča bijọ́či bijọ́či
plural bijọ́či bijọ́če bijọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle bijọ̄č
e-participle –
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • “biti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “biti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Turkish

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Noun

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biti

  1. accusative singular of bit
  2. third-person singular possessive of bit

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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biti

  1. Alternative form of obeutu (“about”)

Adverb

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biti

  1. Alternative form of obeutu (“about”)

See also

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West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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biti

  1. to bail water

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[10], Pacific linguistics
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