bít
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *biti,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognate with English bite.[2]
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bít impf
- (transitive) to beat (to strike or pound repeatedly)
- (reflexive, used with se) to fight
- Bil se jako lev. ― He fought like a lion.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation
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 | — | — |
masculine inanimate | bily | — | ||
feminine | bila | — | ||
neuter | bilo | bila | — | — |
Transgressives | present | past |
masculine singular | bije | — |
feminine + neuter singular | bijíc | — |
plural | bijíce | — |
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ "bít" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further readingEdit
- bíti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bíti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
IcelandicEdit
VerbEdit
bít
- first-person singular active present indicative of bíta
- second-person singular active imperative of bíta
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EtymologyEdit
From Old Chinese 閉 (OC *pˤi[t]-s) (B-S) (SV: bế). Compare Burmese ပိတ် (pit), Khmer បិទ (bət), Thai ปิด (bpìt).
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