bít

See also: bit, Bit, B.I.T., -bit-, bịt, and bɨt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bíti, from Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognate with English bite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiːt]

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• Hyphenation: být
• Rhymes: -iːt
• Homophone: být

Verb

bít impf (perfective zbít)

1. (transitive) to beat (to strike or pound repeatedly)
2. (reflexive with se) to fight

   Bil se jako lev. ― He fought like a lion.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	bít, bíti	Active adjective	bijící
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	biji, biju	bijeme	—	bijme
2nd person	biješ	bijete	bij	bijte
3rd person	bije	bijí, bijou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bít.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	bil	bili	bit	biti
masculine inanimate		bily		bity
feminine	bila		bita
neuter	bilo	bila	bito	bita

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	bije	—
feminine + neuter singular	bijíc	—
plural	bijíce	—

Synonyms

• bojovat

Derived terms

• dobít
• nabít
• odbít
• pobít
• přibít
• rozbít
• sbít
• ubít
• vybít
• zabít
• zbít

 

Related terms

• bidlo
• bijec
• bitevní
• bitka
• bitva
• bitý
• nabíječ
• odbíjená
• rozbitný
• rozbíječ
• sbíječka
• zabiják

 

Further reading

• bíti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bíti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bít in Internetová jazyková příručka

Icelandic

Verb

bít

1. first-person singular active present indicative of bíta
2. second-person singular active imperative of bíta

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bịt

Etymology

From Old Chinese 閉 (OC *pˤi[t]-s) (B-S) (SV: bế). Compare Burmese ပိတ် (pit), Khmer បិទ (bət), Thai ปิด (bpìt).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨt̚˦˥]

Verb

bít • (別, 扒, 捌)

1. to cover, to seal, to stop up

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bưng bít

 

Wiyot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βít/
• Hyphenation: bít

Noun

bít

1. tongue

Declension

Possessive declension of bít (inalienable)
Unpossessed	First-person	Second-person	Third-person	Indefinite person
bít	dít	khít	witáhl	witìk

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 81