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

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)

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

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