See also: бꙑти

Bulgarian

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Participle

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би́ти (bíti)

  1. indefinite plural past passive participle of би́я (bíja)

Old Church Slavonic

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бити бѫбьнъ

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Verb

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бити (bitiimpf

  1. (transitive) to beat
    • from Slavonic Josephus, книга 6, 460в:
      титъ же рече имъ врѣмѧ прошенїѧ миноуло. [...] и тако рекъ повелѣ мꙋчити и, и би ѧ.
      titŭ že reče imŭ vrěmę prošenię minulo. [...] i tako rekŭ povelě mučiti i, i bi ę.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to hit

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бити (biti) and Old Polish bić.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbiti//ˈbʲitʲi//ˈbʲitʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲitʲi/

  • Hyphenation: би‧ти

Verb

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бити (bitiimpf

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: бити (biti)
  • Russian: бить (bitʹ)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 89

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bîti/
  • Hyphenation: би‧ти

Verb

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би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) to be
    небо је плавоthe sky is blue
  2. (intransitive) to exist
    код нас није кишеit is not raining where we are
  3. (intransitive) to be, appear
    гд(ј)е је дима, ту је и ватреwhere there's smoke, there's fire
  4. (intransitive, interrogatively) forming a question
    јеси ли ту?are you there?
  5. (intransitive) to be worth
    пет јабука је два еураfive apples cost two euros
  6. (intransitive, impersonally, in the future tense) it will happen
    бит ће ратаa war is coming
  7. (intransitive) to be located
    банана је на столуa banana is on the table
  8. (intransitive) to express time
    три су сатаit is three o'clock
  9. (intransitive) to express age
    тек јој је шеснаест годинаshe is only sixteen
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Further reading

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  • бити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bȉti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 342

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bîti/
  • Hyphenation: би‧ти

Verb

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би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
    Synonyms: ту̑ћи, у̀дарати
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Further reading

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  • бити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bȉti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[4] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 338

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old Ukrainian бити (biti), from Old East Slavic бити (biti), from Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪte]
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Verb

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би́ти (býtyimpf (perfective поби́ти)

  1. (transitive) to beat, to hit, to strike

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