bít

See also: bit, Bit, B.I.T., -bit-, bịt, and bɨt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bíti, from Proto-Slavic *biti,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognate with English bite.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbiːt]
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  • Hyphenation: být
  • Rhymes: -iːt
  • Homophone: být

Verb

bít impf (perfective zbít)

  1. (transitive) to beat (to strike or pound repeatedly)
  2. (reflexive with se) to fight
    Bil se jako lev. ― He fought like a lion.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive bít, bíti Active adjective bijící
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person biji, bijubijeme—bijme
2nd person biješbijetebijbijte
3rd person bijebijí, bijou——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bít.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate bilbilibitbiti
masculine inanimate bilybity
feminine bilabita
neuter bilobilabitobita
Transgressives present past
masculine singular bije—
feminine + neuter singular bijíc—
plural bijíce—

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. "bít" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • bíti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bíti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • bít in Internetová jazyková příručka

Icelandic

Verb

bít

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of bíta
  2. second-person singular active imperative of bíta

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Chinese 閉 (OC *pˤi[t]-s) (B-S) (SV: bế). Compare Burmese ပိတ် (pit), Khmer បិទ (bət), Thai ปิด (bpìt).

Pronunciation

Verb

bít • (別, 扒, 捌)

  1. to cover, to seal, to stop up

Derived terms
Derived terms

Wiyot

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /βít/
  • Hyphenation: bít

Noun

bít

  1. tongue

Declension
Possessive declension of bít (inalienable)
Unpossessed First-person Second-person Third-person Indefinite person
bít dít khít witáhl witìk

References
  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 81
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