bij
See also: bij-
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- bîj (Gheg)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *būnja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”) (compare Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Old Armenian բուսանիմ (busanim, “to plant, germinate”), Sanskrit भुवन (bhúvana, “existence”).
Verb edit
bij (aorist biva, participle birë)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bij
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- by (for the preposition)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch bī, from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.
Preposition edit
bij
- at, with
- Bij ons is het altijd feest.
- With us it's always a party.
- by, close to
- Ik woon in een hutje bij de zee.
- I live in a little hut by the sea.
- to, towards
- Kom bij mij!
- Come to me!
- (obsolete) by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of
Inflection edit
Pronominal adverbs of bij
Derived terms edit
- bij benadering
- bij de beesten af
- bij de konijnen af
- bij de vleet
- bij tijd en wijle
- bij uitstek
- bij voorbaat
Descendants edit
Adverb edit
bij
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch bië, from Old Dutch *bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
Noun edit
bij f (plural bijen, diminutive bijtje n)
- bee, insect of the clade Anthophila
Derived terms edit
- andoornbij
- asbij
- behangersbij
- bijenangel
- bijencultuur
- bijeneter
- bijengewas
- bijenhoning
- bijenhotel
- bijenhouder
- bijenhuif
- bijenjaar
- bijenkast
- bijenkolonie
- bijenkoning
- bijenkoningin
- bijenkorf
- bijenras
- bijenschans
- bijenstaat
- bijensterfte
- bijentaal
- bijenteler
- bijenvereniging
- bijenvolk
- bijenwas
- bijenwolf
- bijenwoning
- bijenziekte
- bosbesbij
- groefbij
- heggenrankbij
- hommelbij
- honingbij
- houtbij
- knautiabij
- metselbij
- ranonkelbij
- weidebij
- wikkebij
- zandbij
- zandloperbij
Descendants edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bij
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bij
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian bē, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bij c (plural bijen, diminutive bijke)
Further reading edit
- “bij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Categories:
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian verbs
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/ɪj
- Rhymes:Czech/ɪj/1 syllable
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech verb forms
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch prepositions
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Dutch terms with obsolete senses
- Dutch adverbs
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- nl:Bees
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Lower Sorbian verb forms
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ij
- Rhymes:Polish/ij/1 syllable
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish verb forms
- West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian common-gender nouns
- fy:Insects