biti

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See also: bíti and bítì

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb[edit]

biti

  1. to snap; to fracture or break apart suddenly

Huba[edit]

Noun[edit]

biti

  1. water

References[edit]

  • 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)

Icelandic[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
computing: bit
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

biti

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

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

biti m

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

Noun[edit]

biti f

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

Molise Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

biti

  1. to be

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

biti n

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by bita

Verb[edit]

biti

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of bita and bite

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
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[edit]
Derived terms

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

bȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

  1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike
Conjugation[edit]
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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms

Slovene[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
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[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to beat
    Bijem ga v obraz.
    I am beating his face.
Conjugation[edit]
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

Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

biti

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