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bivati

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byvati, imperfective aspect of the verb bȉti (to be).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧va‧ti

Verb

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bívati impf (Cyrillic spelling би́вати)

  1. (intransitive) to be occasionally, happen, occur sometimes
    Tako je to bivalo, biva i bivat će.So it has been, is, and will be.
  2. (intransitive, literary) to become, grow
  3. (by extension, auxiliary, Croatia) Used instead of biti to form the continuous passive voice together with the passive past participle of the main verb.
    Ubijali su druge dok je kralj bivao bičevan.They were killing the others while the king was being flogged.

Conjugation

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References

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  • bivati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024