Lower Sorbian edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *biti.

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Verb edit

biś impf (perfective deriś)

  1. to hit, strike, beat

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Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “biś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “biś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Romani edit

Romani numbers (edit)
200
 ←  10  ←  19 20 21  → [a], [b] 30  → [a], [b], [c]
2
    Cardinal: biś
    Ordinal: bìśto
    Adverbial: biśvar

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśatí). Cognate with Hindi बीस (bīs), Persian بیست (bist).

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biś

  1. (International Standard) twenty

Descendants edit

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: biȟ
  • Romanian: biștar