bít
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *biti,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-. Cognate with English bite.[2]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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 | bily | — | — |
| neuter | bilo | bila | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | bije | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | bijíc | — |
| plural | bijíce | — |
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IcelandicEdit
VerbEdit
bít
- first-person singular active present indicative of bíta
- second-person singular active imperative of bíta