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бити

бити

Bulgarian

Verb

бити (bíti)

  1. Plural indefinite past passive participle of бия.

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH-. Cognates include Russian бить (bitʹ), Czech bít, Serbo-Croatian би̏ти, bȉti,

Verb

бити (biti) (present singular: 1st person биѭ , 2nd person биѥши)

  1. to beat, hit

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) to be
    небо је плаво ― the sky is blue
  2. (intransitive) to exist
    код нас није кише ― it is not raining where we are
  3. (intransitive) to be, appear
    гд(ј)е је дима, ту је и ватре ― where 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 еура ― five apples cost two euros
  6. (intransitive, impersonally, in the future tense) it will happen
    бит ће рата ― a war is coming
  7. (intransitive) to be located
    банана је на столу ― a banana is on the table
  8. (intransitive) to express time
    три су сата ― it is three o'clock
  9. (intransitive) to express age
    тек јој је шеснаест година ― she is only sixteen
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
Conjugation
Derived terms
Synonyms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti

Pronunciation

Verb

би́ти (býty) impf

  1. to beat

Conjugation