bít

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

Czech

Etymology

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

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 of bít

infinitive bít, bíti active adjective bijící verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person biji, biju bijeme — bijme 2nd person biješ bijete bij bijte 3rd person bije bijí, bijou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bít. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate bil bili bit biti masculine inanimate bily bity feminine bila bita neuter bilo bila bito bita transgressives present past masculine singular bije — feminine + neuter singular bijíc — plural bijíce —

Synonyms

• bojovat

Derived terms

• dobít
• nabít
• odbít
• pobít
• přibít
• rozbít
• sbít
• ubít
• vybít
• zabít
• zbít

Related terms

• bidlo
• bijec
• bitevní
• bitka
• bitva
• bitý
• nabíječ
• odbíjená
• rozbitný
• rozbíječ
• sbíječka
• zabiják

Further reading

• “bíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Icelandic

Verb

bít

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

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓit̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓit̚˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓitᴰ; cognate with Lao ບິດ (bit), Shan မိတ်း (mít), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜄𑜫 (mit), Zhuang mbit. Compare Sui qbyeds, Southern Kam miuds, Thai บิด (bìt).

Verb

bít (别)

1. to pick

   bít nhọt phjắc bủng ― to pick the spinach's top

2. to pinch

   Đếch bít căn.

   Children pinch each other.

3. to gather

   bít phjắc hết ngài ― to gather vegetables for lunch

Etymology 2

Noun

bít

1. Schizostachyum aciculare

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bịt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨt̚˦˥]

Verb

bít • (別, 扒, 捌)

1. to cover, to seal, to stop up

Derived terms

• bưng bít

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