biti
ArawakEdit
CebuanoEdit
HubaEdit
NounEdit
biti
ReferencesEdit
- 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)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
biti m (genitive singular bita, nominative plural bitar)
- piece syn.
- mouthful, a morsel
- snack, bite, small meal
- Viltu fá þér bita?
- Wanna have a bite?
- Viltu fá þér bita?
- crossbeam
- (computing) bit, binary digit
DeclensionEdit
declension of biti
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
computing: bit
- skammtabiti (qubit)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
biti
IdoEdit
LatvianEdit
LinduEdit
Molise CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Serbo-Croatian biti, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.
VerbEdit
biti
- to be
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bȉti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)
- (intransitive) to be, to exist
- Biti ili ne biti? ― To be or not to be?
- (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective 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!
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (intransitive, interrogatively) Used to form a question, usually a polar one.
- Jesi li tu? ― Are you there?
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
ConjugationEdit
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 termsEdit
Derived terms
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)
- (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
ConjugationEdit
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. | |||||||
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
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
SloveneEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bíti impf (first-person singular present sèm, past active participle bíl)
- to be
- On je moj prijatelj.
- He is my friend.
- On ni moj prijatelj.
- He is not my friend.
- On je moj prijatelj.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of bíti (athematic, irregular)
| infinitive | bíti | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| supine | bít | ||
| verbal noun | bítje | ||
| participles | adjectival | adverbial | |
| future active | bodóči | — | |
| past active | bíl | bívši | |
| past passive | — | — | |
| present indicative | future indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | sèm | bóm | — |
| 2nd singular | sì | bóš | bódi |
| 3rd singular | jè | bó | — |
| 1st dual | svà | bóva | bódiva, bodíva |
| 2nd dual | stà | bósta | bódita, bodíta |
| 3rd dual | stà | bósta | — |
| 1st plural | smò | bómo | bódimo, bodímo |
| 2nd plural | stè | bóste | bódite, bodíte |
| 3rd plural | sò | bódo, bójo | — |
| Compound tenses (see bíl for all forms) | |||
| past indic. | sem bíl | ||
| present cond. | bi bíl | ||
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bíti impf (first-person singular present bíjem, past active participle bìl)
- to beat
- Bijem ga v obraz.
- I am beating his face.
- Bijem ga v obraz.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of bíti
| infinitive | bíti | |
|---|---|---|
| supine | bít, bìt | |
| verbal noun | bítje | |
| participles | adjectival | adverbial |
| present active | bijóč | — |
| past active | bìl | — |
| past passive | bít | — |
| present indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | bíjem | — |
| 2nd singular | bíješ | bíj |
| 3rd singular | bíje | — |
| 1st dual | bíjeva | bíjva |
| 2nd dual | bíjeta | bíjta |
| 3rd dual | bíjeta | — |
| 1st plural | bíjemo | bíjmo |
| 2nd plural | bíjete | bíjte |
| 3rd plural | bíjejo | — |
| Compound tenses (see bìl for all forms) | ||
| past indic. | sem bìl | |
| pluperfect indic. | sem bil bìl | |
| future indic. | bom bìl | |
| present cond. | bi bìl | |
| past cond. | bi bil bìl | |