biti

See also: bíti and bítì

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

biti

1. to snap; to fracture or break apart suddenly

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Huba

Noun

biti

1. water

References

• 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)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪːtɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪːtɪ

Etymology 1

Noun

biti m (genitive singular bita, nominative plural bitar)

1. piece ^syn.
2. mouthful, a morsel
3. snack, bite, small meal

   Viltu fá þér bita?

   Wanna have a bite?

4. crossbeam
5. (computing) bit, binary digit

Declension

declension of biti

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	biti	bitinn	bitar	bitarnir
accusative	bita	bitann	bita	bitana
dative	bita	bitanum	bitum	bitunum
genitive	bita	bitans	bita	bitanna

Synonyms

• (piece): stykki
• (mouthful): munnbiti
• (crossbeam): þvertré

Derived terms

• munnbiti

computing: bit

• skammtabiti (qubit)

Related terms

• bæti

Etymology 2

Verb

biti

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of bíta
2. third-person singular past subjunctive of bíta

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Latvian

Noun

biti m

1. nominative plural form of bits
2. vocative plural form of bits

Noun

biti f

1. accusative singular form of bite
2. instrumental singular form of bite

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Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian biti, from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *būˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Verb

biti

1. to be

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîti/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

bȉti impf, pf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

1. (intransitive) to be, to exist

   Biti ili ne biti? ― To be or not to be?

2. (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!

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (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.

6. (intransitive, interrogatively) Used to form a question, usually a polar one.

   Jesi li tu? ― Are you there?

7. (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.

8. (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.

9. (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.

Conjugation

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	jeste / 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 terms

Derived terms

• biće
• bistvo
• bit
• bitak
• bitan
• bitnost
• biva
• bivati
• bivovati
• bivstven

• bivstvo
• bivstvovati
• jesnost
• jestan
• jestiti
• jestvo
• prebivalac
• prebivalište
• prebivati
• prvobitan

• prvobitnost
• samobitan
• samobitnost
• snebiti se
• snebivati se
• zabat
• zbilja
• zbiljnost
• zbiti se
• zbivati se

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîti/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

bȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike

Conjugation

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.

Synonyms

• (beat, hit): tȗći, ùdarati

Derived terms

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

• prìbiti
• pribíjati
• príboj
• prijéboj
• probìjāč
• probíjati
• pròbiti
• próboj
• pròbojac
• próbōjan
• probójnōst
• razbìjāč
• razbíjati
• razbìjenōst
• ràzbiti
• rázboj
• rázbojīšte
• rázbōjnīk
• rázbōjnīštvo
• rázbōjstvo
• sabìjāč
• sabíjati
• sàbiti
• spodbijati
• spòdbiti
• sùzbiti

• suzbíjati
• ubìjāč
• ubíjati
• ùbilac
• ȕbitačan
• ȕbitačnōst
• ùbiti
• úboj
• ùbojica
• ùbojit
• ùbojitōst
• ùbōjnī
• ùbōjstvo
• ùzbiti
• zabijač
• zabíjati
• zȁbīt
• zȁbītan
• zàbiti
• zȁbītnōst
• zȁbītōst
• zbìjāč
• zbíjati
• zbìjen
• zbìjenōst
• zbȉti

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Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːti/
• Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

bíti impf (first-person singular present sèm, past active participle bíl)

1. to be

   On je moj prijatelj.

   He is my friend.

   On ni moj prijatelj.

   He is not my friend.

Conjugation

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 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːti/
• Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

bíti impf (first-person singular present bíjem, past active participle bìl)

1. to beat

   Bijem ga v obraz.

   I am beating his face.

Conjugation

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

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Turkish

Noun

biti

1. accusative singular of bit
2. third-person singular possessive of bit