bî

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		بی

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr.

Pronunciation

• (Mansûrâbâdî, Talxâbî, Xaltâbâdî, Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [biː]

Article

bî

1. a, an

Numeral

bî

1. one

Derived terms

• bî nəççə (“something”)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• би (bî)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

bî f

1. willow
2. poplar

Synonyms

• (willow): bîd

References

• Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “bî”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 89a
• Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 197–198
• Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “ուռի”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 335b

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bî́

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone H
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	legimubî	gimubî
2nd singular	lomubî	umubî
1st plural	lesibabî	sibabî
2nd plural	lelibabî	libabî
Class 1	lamubî	mhubî
Class 2	lababî	bhabî
Class 3	lomubî	mhubî
Class 4	lemibî	mhibî
Class 5	lelibî	lhibî
Class 6	lamabî	mhabî
Class 7	lesibî	ssibî
Class 8	letibî	ttibî
Class 9	lebî	yhibî
Class 10	letibî	ttibî
Class 14	lobubî	bhubî
Class 15	lokubî	kkubî
Class 17	lokubî	kkubî