би

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Archi

Noun

би (bi).

1. blood

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Avar

Etymology

Akin to Udi пӏи (ṗi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Noun

би • (bi) II/III (ergative биялъ/бидуца); second/third declension.

1. blood

Declension

Second- or third-declension noun.

Case		Singularis	Pluralis
Nominative/absolutive		би	биял
Ergative		биялъ бидуца	бияз
Genitive		биялъул бидул	биязул
Dative		биялъе бидуе	биязе
Locative	I	биялда бидуда	биязда
	IӀ	биялъухъ бидухъ	биязухъ
	IӀӀ	биялъулъ бидулъ	биязулъ
	IV	биялъукь бидукь	биязукь
	V
Allative	I	биялде бидуде	биязде
	IӀ	биялъухъе бидухъе	биязухъе
	IӀӀ	биялъулъе бидулъе	биязулъе
	IV	биялъукье бидукье	биязукье
	V
Ablative	I	биялдаса бидудаса	бияздаса
	IӀ	биялъухъа бидухъа	биязухъа
	IӀӀ	биялъулъа бидулъа	биязулъа
	IV	биялъукьа бидукьа	биязукьа
	V
Translative	I	биялдасан бидудасан	бияздасан
	IӀ	биялъухъан бидухъан	биязухъан
	IӀӀ	биялъулъан бидулъан	биязулъан
	IV	биялъукьан бидукьан	биязукьан
	V

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi]

Etymology 1

Verb

би • (bi)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of бъ́да (bǎ́da)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of бъ́да (bǎ́da)

Etymology 2

Verb

би • (bi)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of би́я (bíja)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of би́я (bíja)

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Buryat

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *b-i (*b- for first person and *-i for singularity). Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol би (bi), Kalmyk би (bi), Mongolian би (bi), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/, [bʲi]

Pronoun

би • (bi)

1. (first-person singular) I

Derived terms

• бидэ (bide, “we”)
• -б (-b)
• -би (-bi)

See also

Buryat personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бидэ (bide)
2nd person	familiar	ши (ši)	та (ta)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		энэ (ene), тэрэ (tere)	эдэ (ede), тэдэ (tede), тэдэнэр (tedener)

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Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *bi, whence Udihe би (bi) and Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi). Compare also Mongolian би (bi), from Proto-Mongolic *bi.

Pronoun

би • (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)

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Forest Enets

Noun

би

1. water

References

• И. П Сорокина, Д. С Болина, Энецкие тексты (2005), page 225

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Kalmyk

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡋᡅ (bi), from Proto-Mongolic *b-i (*b- for first person and *-i for singularity). Cognate with Mongolian би (bi), Buryat би (bi), etc.

Pronoun

би • (bi)

1. (first-person singular) I

See also

Kalmyk personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бидн (bidn)
2nd person		чи (çi)	та (ta), тадн (tadn)
3rd person		эн (en), энтн (entn), тер (ter), тертн (tertn)	эдн (edn), тедн (tedn)

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Khamnigan Mongol

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *b-i (*b- for first person and *-i for singularity). Cognate with Buryat би (bi), Mongolian би (bi), Kalmyk би (bi), etc.

Pronoun

би (bi)

1. (first-person singular) I

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Komi-Permyak

Etymology

A Permic word. Maybe related to the Finnic and Samic words meaning sun, compare Estonian päev, Finnish päivä and Northern Sami beaivi.

Noun

би • (bi)

1. fire

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Macedonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi]

Particle

би • (bi)

1. A verbal particle used to render the conditional mood.

   Тие би јаделе.

   Tie bi jadele.

   They would eat.

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠪᠢ (bi), from Middle Mongolian ᠪᠢ (bi), from Proto-Mongolic *b-i (*b- for first person and *-i for singularity). Cognate with Buryat би (bi), Kalmyk би (bi), Dongxiang bi, etc.

Possibly related somehow with Proto-Turkic *ben and Proto-Tungusic *bi; compare Turkish ben, Evenki би (bi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲi/

Pronoun

би • (bi) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠢ (bi))

1. (first-person singular) I

Declension

    Declension of би

nominative	би (bi)
oblique	над (nad)
possessive determiner	миний (minii)
possessive pronoun	минийх (miniikh)
possessive particle	минь (mini)
dative-locative	надад (nadad)
accusative	намайг (namaig)
ablative	надаас (nadaas)
instrumental	надаар (nadaar)
comitative	надтай (nadtai)
directional	над руу (nad ruu)

See also

Mongolian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		би (bi)	бид (bid)
2nd person	familiar	чи (chi)	та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus)
	polite	та (ta)
3rd person		тэр (ter)	(over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar); (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲi]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English B.

Noun

би • (bi) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (English letter) B, b

Etymology 2

Clipping of бисексуа́л (bisɛksuál) or бисексуа́лка (bisɛksuálka).

Noun

би • (bi) m anim or f anim (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) a bi person (someone who is bisexual)

   Вы гетеро? — Я би! ― Vy getero? — Ja bi! ― Are you hetero? — I'm bi!

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Udihe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Pronoun

би (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)

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Ulch

Pronoun

би (bi)

1. I (personal pronoun)