biti

See also: bíti and bítì

Contents

Arawak

Numeral

biti

1. (Eastern Arawak) four.

Synonyms

• bithi

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

biti

1. to snap; to fracture or break apart suddenly

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Huba

Noun

biti

1. water

References

• Ayuba Y. Mshelia, The Story of the Origins of the Bura/Pabir People →ISBN, 2014)
• Mohammed Aminu Mu'azu, A grammar of the Kilba language (2009) (as ɓìtì)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪːtɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪːtɪ

Etymology 1

Noun

biti m (genitive singular bita, nominative plural bitar)

1. piece ^syn.
2. mouthful, a morsel
3. snack, bite, small meal

   Viltu fá þér bita?

   Wanna have a bite?

4. crossbeam
5. (computing) bit, binary digit

Declension

declension of biti

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	biti	bitinn	bitar	bitarnir
accusative	bita	bitann	bita	bitana
dative	bita	bitanum	bitum	bitunum
genitive	bita	bitans	bita	bitanna

Synonyms

• (piece): stykki
• (mouthful): munnbiti
• (crossbeam): þvertré

Derived terms

• munnbiti

computing: bit

• skammtabiti (qubit)

Related terms

• bæti

Etymology 2

Verb

biti

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of bíta
2. third-person singular past subjunctive of bíta

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiti/

Noun

biti

1. plural of bito

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Latvian

Noun

biti m

1. nominative plural form of bits
2. vocative plural form of bits

Noun

biti f

1. accusative singular form of bite
2. instrumental singular form of bite

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Lindu

Noun

biti

1. chisel

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Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian biti, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Verb

biti

1. to be

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

biti n

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by bita

Verb

biti

1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of bita and bite

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîti/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

bȉti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

1. (intransitive) to be, to exist

   Biti ili ne biti? ― To be or not to be?

2. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective or passive past participle that describes it (equivalent to all English senses and functions as a copula; subject having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.)

   Vrijeme je lijepo, a ja sam sretan! ― The weather is nice and I am happy!

3. (transitive, auxiliary, regional) Used as an auxiliary verb in the present to form near future tense; similar to English going to.

   Nisam siguran, budemo vidjeli. ― I'm not sure, we'll see.

4. (transitive, auxiliary) Used as an auxiliary verb to form compound verb tenses (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect, conditional) together with the active past participle.

   Kad si zadnji put bio tamo? ― When were you there the last time?

   Trčao sam. ― I ran. / I have run.

   Trčao bih. ― I would run.

   Bio bih trčao maraton, da sam tada imao tenisice za trčanje. ― I would have run the marathon if I had had running shoes at the time.

5. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice together with the passive past participle of the main verb.

   Ulovio sam loptu. Lopta je bila ulovljena. ― I caught the ball. The ball was caught. / The ball has been caught.

6. (intransitive, interrogatively) Used to form a question, usually a polar one.

   Jesi li tu? ― Are you there?

7. (intransitive, copulative, impersonal) Used to indicate a general condition, such as weather, worth or value.

   Pet jabuka je dva eura. ― Five apples are two euro.

   Rekli su da će danas biti sunčano. ― They said that it's going to be sunny today.

8. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) to equal, to total, to add up to (indicates the equivalence of values)

   Pet plus pet je deset. ― Five plus five is ten.

9. (intransitive, impersonal, in the future tense) Used to express a premonition; there will be, there is going to be, to be coming

   Bit će rata. ― A war is coming.

Conjugation

Conjugation of biti

Infinitive: biti		Present verbal adverb: bȕdūći		Past verbal adverb: bȋvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		jesam / sam / budem	jesi / si / budeš	jest / je / bude	jesmo / smo / budemo	jeste / ste / budete	jesu / su / budu
Future	Future I	bit ću1 biću	bit ćeš1 bićeš	bit će1 biće	bit ćemo1 bićemo	bit ćete1 bićete	bit će1 biće
	Future II	budem bio2	budeš bio2	bude bio2	budemo bili2	budete bili2	budu bili2
Past	Perfect	bio sam2	bio si2	bio je2	bili smo2	bili ste2	bili su2
	Pluperfect3	bio sam bio2	bio si bio2	bio je bio2	bili smo bili2	bili ste bili2	bili su bili2
	Aorist	bih	bi	bi	bismo	biste	biše
	Imperfect	bijah / bjeh / bejah / beh	bijaše / bješe / bejaše / beše	bijaše / bješe / bejaše / beše	bijasmo / bjesmo / bejasmo / besmo	bijaste / bjeste / bejaste / beste	bijahu / bjehu / bejahu / behu
Conditional I		bio bih2	bio bi2	bio bi2	bili bismo2	bili biste2	bili bi2
Conditional II		bio bih bio2	bio bi bio2	bio bi bio2	bili bismo bili2	bili biste bili2	bili bi bili2
Imperative		—	budi	—	budimo	budite	—
Active past participle		bio m / bila f / bilo n			bili m / bile f / bila n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• biće
• bistvo
• bit
• bitak
• bitan
• bitnost
• biva
• bivati
• bivovati
• bivstven

• bivstvo
• bivstvovati
• jesnost
• jestan
• jestiti
• jestvo
• prebivalac
• prebivalište
• prebivati
• prvobitan

• prvobitnost
• samobitan
• samobitnost
• snebiti se
• snebivati se
• zabat
• zbilja
• zbiljnost
• zbiti se
• zbivati se

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîti/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

bȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of biti

Infinitive: biti		Present verbal adverb: bȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bìjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bijem	biješ	bije	bijemo	bijete	biju
Future	Future I	bit ću1 biću	bit ćeš1 bićeš	bit će1 biće	bit ćemo1 bićemo	bit ćete1 bićete	bit će1 biće
	Future II	budem bio2	budeš bio2	bude bio2	budemo bili2	budete bili2	budu bili2
Past	Perfect	bio sam2	bio si2	bio je2	bili smo2	bili ste2	bili su2
	Pluperfect3	bio sam bio2	bio si bio2	bio je bio2	bili smo bili2	bili ste bili2	bili su bili2
	Imperfect	bijah	bijaše	bijaše	bijasmo	bijaste	bijahu
Conditional I		bio bih2	bio bi2	bio bi2	bili bismo2	bili biste2	bili bi2
Conditional II		bio bih bio2	bio bi bio2	bio bi bio2	bili bismo bili2	bili biste bili2	bili bi bili2
Imperative		—	bij	—	bijmo	bijte	—
Active past participle		bio m / bila f / bilo n			bili m / bile f / bila n
Passive past participle		bijen m / bijena f / bijeno n			bijeni m / bijene f / bijena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Synonyms

• (beat, hit): tȗći, ùdarati

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ìzbiti
• izbíjati
• izbìjāč
• ìzbojak
• nabìjāč
• nabìjača
• nabíjati
• nabìjenōst
• nàbiti
• nábōjnjača
• obìjāč
• òbiti
• obíjati
• odbìjāč
• odbíjati
• odbijènica
• odbítak
• òdbiti
• ȍdbōjan
• òdbōjnīk
• odbójnōst
• pòbiti
• pòdbiti
• podbíjati
• prèbiti
• prebíjati

• prìbiti
• pribíjati
• príboj
• prijéboj
• probìjāč
• probíjati
• pròbiti
• próboj
• pròbojac
• próbōjan
• probójnōst
• razbìjāč
• razbíjati
• razbìjenōst
• ràzbiti
• rázboj
• rázbojīšte
• rázbōjnīk
• rázbōjnīštvo
• rázbōjstvo
• sabìjāč
• sabíjati
• sàbiti
• spodbijati
• spòdbiti
• sùzbiti

• suzbíjati
• ubìjāč
• ubíjati
• ùbilac
• ȕbitačan
• ȕbitačnōst
• ùbiti
• úboj
• ùbojica
• ùbojit
• ùbojitōst
• ùbōjnī
• ùbōjstvo
• ùzbiti
• zabijač
• zabíjati
• zȁbīt
• zȁbītan
• zàbiti
• zȁbītnōst
• zȁbītōst
• zbìjāč
• zbíjati
• zbìjen
• zbìjenōst
• zbȉti

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Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bìːti/
• Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

bíti impf

1. to be

   On je moj prijatelj.

   He is my friend.

Inflection

athematic, irregular
infinitive	bíti
1st singular	sȅm
infinitive	bíti
supine	bȉt
verbal noun	bītje
participles	adjectival	adverbial
future active	bodọ́či	—
past active	bȋl	bȋvši
past passive	—	—
	present indicative	future indicative	imperative
1st singular	sȅm	bọ̑m	—
2nd singular	sȉ	bọ̑š	bọ́di
3rd singular	jȅ	bọ̑	—
1st dual	svȁ	bọ̑va	bọ́diva, bodȋva
2nd dual	stȁ	bọ̑sta	bọ́dita, bodȋta
3rd dual	stȁ	bọ̑sta	—
1st plural	smȍ	bọ̑mo	bọ́dimo, bodȋmo
2nd plural	stȅ	bọ̑ste	bọ́dite, bodȋte
3rd plural	sȍ	bọ̑do, bọ̑jo	—
Compound tenses (see bȋl for all forms)
past indic.	sem bȋl
present cond.	bi bȋl

Derived terms

• prebíti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bìːti/
• Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

bíti impf

1. to beat

Inflection

infinitive	bíti
1st singular	bȋjem
infinitive	bíti
supine	bȋt
verbal noun	bítje
	participle			converb
present	bijọ̄č			—
past	bȋt			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	bȉl		bȋla		bílo
dual	bíla		bíli		bíli
plural	bíli		bíle		bíla
	present			imperative
1st singular	bȋjem			—
2nd singular	bȋješ			bīj
3rd singular	bȋje			—
1st dual	bȋjeva			bȋjva
2nd dual	bȋjeta			bȋjta
3rd dual	bȋjeta			—
1st plural	bȋjemo			bȋjmo
2nd plural	bȋjete			bȋjte
3rd plural	bȋjejo, bijọ́			—

Derived terms

• izbíti
• nabíti
• odbíti
• pobíti
• prebíti
• pribíti
• razbíti
• ubíti
• zabíti

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Turkish

Noun

biti

1. accusative singular of bit
2. third-person singular possessive of bit