See also: бꙑти

Bulgarian edit

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би́ти (bíti)

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

Old Church Slavonic edit

 
бити бѫбьнъ

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Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

бити (bitiimpf

  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 quotation)
  2. (transitive) to hit

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Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Verb edit

бити (bitiimpf

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit

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Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 89

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) to be
    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
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
    Synonyms: ту̑ћи, у̀дарати
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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪte]
  • (file)

Verb edit

би́ти (býtyimpf (perfective поби́ти)

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

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