biti

See also: bití, bíti, and bítì

Arawak

Numeral

biti

(Eastern Arawak) four.
Synonym: bithi

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bi‧ti
IPA^(key): /ˈbitiʔ/

Noun

biti

(anatomy, usually of fish) A swim bladder of a fish.
A swim bladder from the fish known as Abo or Tigertooth croaker, endemic in the San Miguel Bay in the Philippines.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

biti

to snap; to fracture or break apart suddenly

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɪcɪ]

Verb

biti

animate masculine plural passive participle of bít

Huba

Noun

biti

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)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪːtɪ/
Rhymes: -ɪːtɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse biti.

Noun

biti m (genitive singular bita, nominative plural bitar)

piece
Synonym: stykki
mouthful, a morsel
Synonym: munnbiti
snack, bite, small meal
Viltu fá þér bita? ― Wanna have a bite?
crossbeam
Synonym: þvertré
(computing) bit, binary digit

Declension

declension of biti

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

Derived terms

munnbiti
(computing): skammtabiti (“qubit”)

Related terms

bæti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

biti

first-person singular past subjunctive of bíta
third-person singular past subjunctive of bíta

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiti/

Noun

biti

plural of bito

Latvian

Noun

biti m

nominative plural form of bits
vocative plural form of bits

Noun

biti f

accusative singular form of bite
instrumental singular form of bite

Lindu

Noun

biti

chisel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²biː.tɪ/

Participle

biti

(non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of biten
(non-standard since 2012) neuter singular of biten

Verb

biti

(non-standard since 2012) supine of bite

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.tɪ/

Noun

biti n

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bit

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split, crack”).

Noun

biti m (genitive bita)

bit, mouthful, morsel
eyetooth
crossbeam

Declension

Declension of biti (weak an-stem)

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

Descendants

Icelandic: biti
Norwegian Nynorsk: bete
Norwegian Bokmål: bete

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

biti

indefinite dative singular of bit

Verb

biti

third-person singular/plural past subjunctive active of bíta

References

“biti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bîti/
Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

bȉti impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

(intransitive) to be, to exist
Biti ili ne biti? ― To be or not to be?
(transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective or passive past participle that describes it (equivalent to all English senses and functions as a copula; subject having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.)
- 1989, Đorđe Balašević (lyrics and music), “Devojka Sa Čardaš Nogama”, in Tri posleratna druga‎, Novi Sad: Jugoton, performed by Đorđe Balašević:
  Rekoh joj "Beži, mani se,
  i traži bolje partije!
  Premala je moja tambura
  da te od kiše sakrije".
  I told her “Move on, let go of me,
  and look for a better catch
  My guitar is too small
  To hide you from the rain”.
Vrijeme je lijepo, a ja sam sretan! ― The weather is nice and I am happy!
(transitive, auxiliary, regional) Used as an auxiliary verb in the present to form near future tense; similar to English going to.
Nisam siguran, budemo vid(j)eli. ― I'm not sure, we'll see.
(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.
(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.
(intransitive, interrogatively) Used to form a question, usually a polar one.
Jesi li tu? ― Are you there?
(intransitive, copulative, impersonal) Used to indicate a general condition, such as weather, worth or value.
Pet jabuka jest dva eura. ― Five apples are two euro.
Rekli su da će danas biti sunčano. ― They said that it's going to be sunny today.
(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.
(intransitive, impersonal, in the future tense) Used to express a premonition; there will be, there is going to be, to be coming
Bit će / Biće rata. ― A war is coming.

Usage notes

1st-person singular budem is perfective while 1st-person singular jesam is imperfective. jesam, jesi, jest(e), jesmo, jeste and jesu theoretically constitute a verb whose infinitive was lost before Proto-Slavic and all fell under the umbrella of the infinitive biti during Proto-Slavic. biti is thus simultaneously both imperfective and perfective and has therefore both a present (budući) and a past (bivši) verbal adverb.

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		jèsam(impf., emphatic) sam(impf.) bȕdēm(pf.)	jèsi(impf., emphatic) si(impf.) bȕdēš(pf.)	jȅste, jȅst(impf., emphatic) je(impf.) bȕdē(pf.)	jèsmo(impf., emphatic) smo(impf.) bȕdēmo(pf.)	jèste(impf., emphatic) ste(impf.) bȕdēte(pf.)	jèsu(impf., emphatic) su(impf.) bȕdū(pf.)
Future	Future I	bȉt ću¹ bȉću	bȉt ćeš¹ bȉćeš	bȉt će¹ bȉće	bȉt ćemo¹ bȉćemo	bȉt ćete¹ bȉćete	bȉt će¹ bȉće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bȉo²	bȕdēš bȉo²	bȕdē bȉo²	bȕdēmo bíli²	bȕdēte bíli²	bȕdū bíli²
Past	Perfect	bȉo sam²	bȉo si²	bȉo je²	bíli smo²	bíli ste²	bíli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bȉo²	bȉo si bȉo²	bȉo je bȉo²	bíli smo bíli²	bíli ste bíli²	bíli su bíli²
	Aorist	bȉh	bȉ	bȉ	bȉsmo	bȉste	bȉše
	Imperfect	bȉjāh/ bjȅh/ bȅjāh/ bȅh	bȉjāše/ bjȅše/ bȅjāše/ bȅše	bȉjāše/ bjȅše/ bȅjāše/ bȅše	bȉjāsmo/ bjȅsmo/ bȅjāsmo/ bȅsmo	bȉjāste/ bjȅste/ bȅjāste/ bȅste	bȉjāhu/ bjȅhu/ bȅjāhu/ bȅhu
Conditional I		bȉo bih²	bȉo bi²	bȉo bi²	bíli bismo²	bíli biste²	bíli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bȉo²	bȉo bi bȉo²	bȉo bi bȉo²	bíli bismo bíli²	bíli biste bíli²	bíli bi bíli²
Imperative		—	bȕdi	—	bȕdimo	bȕdite	—
Active past participle		bȉo m / bíla f / bílo n			bíli m / bíle f / bíla 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. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

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-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bîti/
Hyphenation: bi‧ti

Verb

bȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏ти)

(transitive) to beat, hit, strike
Synonyms: tȗći, ùdarati

Conjugation

Conjugation of biti

Infinitive: biti		Present verbal adverb: bȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: bivši		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	Future II	bȕdēm bio²	bȕdēš bio²	bȕdē bio²	bȕdēmo bili²	bȕdēte bili²	bȕdū bili²
Past	Perfect	bio sam²	bio si²	bio je²	bili smo²	bili ste²	bili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bio²	bȉo si bio²	bȉo je bio²	bíli smo bili²	bíli ste bili²	bíli su bili²
	Imperfect	bijah	bijaše	bijaše	bijasmo	bijaste	bijahu
Conditional I		bio bih²	bio bi²	bio bi²	bili bismo²	bili biste²	bili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bio²	bȉo bi bio²	bȉo bi bio²	bíli bismo bili²	bíli biste bili²	bíli 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. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

izbìjāč
izbíjati
ìzbiti
ìzbojak
nabìjāč
nabìjača
nabíjati
nabìjenōst
nàbiti
nábōjnjača
obìjāč
obíjati
òbiti
odbìjāč
odbíjati
odbijènica
odbítak
òdbiti
ȍdbōjan
òdbōjka
òdbōjnīk
odbójnōst
pòbiti
podbíjati
pòdbiti
prebíjati
prèbiti
pribíjati
prìbiti
príboj
prijéboj
probìjāč
probíjati
pròbiti
próboj
pròbojac
próbōjan
probójnōst
razbìjāč
razbíjati
razbìjenōst
ràzbiti
rázboj
rázbojīšte
rázbōjnīk
rázbōjnīštvo
rázbōjstvo
sabìjāč
sabíjati
sàbiti
spodbijati
spòdbiti
suzbíjati
sùzbiti
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

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bìːti/
Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

bíti impf

(intransitive) to be, to exist
Trgovina je za kavarno. ― The store is behind the cafe
(transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective, noun or passive past participle that describes it (equivalent to all English senses and functions as a copula; subject having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified.)
On je moj prijatelj. ― He is my friend.
(intransitive) there be
Synonym: obstājati
- Bil je kralj, ki je vladal devetim deželam.
  There was a king which ruled over nine lands.
- Na sredi parcele je hiša.
  There is a house in the centre of the lot.
(intransitive, impersonal) to be (see usage notes)
Očitno je bilo, da ni imel pojma o tem, kar govori.
It was clear that he had no idea about what he was telling.
(elliptically) Taking the form of another part of a sentence:
1. a binding participle
  - Saj boš en kozarček, ne? ― You will drink a glass [of a drink], right?
  Kaj bomo pa zdaj? ― What are we going to do now?
2. a part of a subject
  Ta stol je iz lesa. ― This chair is made out of wood.
3. (modal, impersonal, with infinitive) a modal verb or predicative denoting possibility or obligation; often translated as passive
  - Žive duše ni bilo videti ― There was not a single person to be seen. (literally, “(One) could not see a single soul”)
4. (in conditional mood, colloquial) verb imẹ́ti
  - Jaz bi plišastega medvedka. ― I would like to have a teddy bear.
(intransitive) to cost
Torbica je bila sto evrov. ― The purse cost a hundered euros.
(intransitive, expressive) to feel, to want^[→SSKJ]
Bilo mu je, da bi zavriskal. ― He wanted to shout out with joy.
(intransitive, expressive, followed by da bi) to be worth
- 2015 April 2, “Govor generalnega državnega tožilca na posvetu "Otrok in pasti sodobnega časa"”, in Državno tožilstvo republike Slovenije‎, retrieved 2023-02-07:
  O aktualnosti teme pa ni da bi govoril, saj je pravzaprav večna: ni bilo časa, ki s sabo ne bi prinašal, ob vseh drugih, tudi novih pasti, problemov in vprašanj.
  It is not worth talking about the topicality of this topic because it is actually timeless: there was not a time that would not bring, in addition to all other, also new traps, problems and questions.
to hold, to be true, apply^[→SSKJ]
Zakon je za vse. ― Laws apply to everyone.
(auxiliary, present forms) Used to form preterite tense.
(auxiliary, present forms followed by l-participle) Used to form pluperfect tense.
(auxiliary, future forms) Used to form future tense.
(auxiliary, conditional form) Used to form present conditional mood.
(auxiliary, conditional form followed by l-participle) Used to form preterite conditional mood.
(auxiliary) Used to form passive voice.

Usage notes

This verb is very hard to translate in English as it can form many specific formations that are not present in English and often require complete restructuring of the sentence. Additionally, it also has many irregularities and additional forms regarding conjugation. Both of these are detailed here.

Impersonal be

Impersonal be can form many specific forms that often have to be translated together with the surrounding words, often changing the whole structure of a sentence:

Očitno je bilo, da ni imel pojma o tem, kar govori. ― It was clear that he had no idea about what he was telling.
Veliko kruha je še. ― There is a lot of bread (left)
Strah me je. ― I am scared.
Žal mi je bilo. ― I regretted it.

In the first example, also given in the definitions, there is no problem translating the verb as the impersonality can be represented by impersonal it. In the second example, the form there be can be used to convey the meaning. However, in the last two examples, translation is not that simple.

In the third example, word strah means "fear" (noun), me means "I" (accusative case) and je is the impersonal form of biti. Therefore, if one would litterally translate this sentence, it would sound "Fear me is", which would not be understandable. In this case, the correct translation would be to convert "I" into the subject of the sentence, correctly conjugate the verb "be" and find a suitable adjective that would convey the same meaning, in this case "scared".

In the fourth example, žal means "unfortunately", mi means "I" (dative case), and je bilo is the preterite impersonal form biti. In this case, the verb has to be changed to the one that conveys the same meaning, and I has to be again converted into the subject.

These forms are not separate verbs as these forms are quite common and most of them are easily translatable (Bilo je mrzlo. ― It was cold.). This kind of untraslatable formations only appears in cases where dative or accusative are present and can in some cases also extend to the personal be, e.g. Same kosti so ga. ― He is skinny. (literally, “The bones are him.”), which is easier to understand, but still weird to say.

This problem is similar to that in German, e.g. with the word kalt.

Additional usage notes regarding conjugation

The verb has three additional forms that are not common for other verbs: future forms, negative present indicative forms and conditional forms.

The future forms bear no stress when the verb is used as an auxiliary verb and stressed when it is a full-lexical form of the verb. In common speech, however, it is common to also form the future tense as with any other verb, i.e. unstressed forms followed by l-participle (bom bil). This form is not considered to be correct by SP^[→SP]. In some dialects, future forms also have its special negative form, naum/noum/nbom.

The conditional form is used only as an auxiliary verb, except in cases with ellipsis (sense 5). Even when one wants to form conditional of biti, l-participle has to be included (bi bil). The verb also has no distinction between present and past conditional; both use only one l-participle. It usually bears no stress, but in negative form, the stress can be transferred from ne (ne bȉ), however the more common form is as usual (nȅ bi).

Present forms are stressed as a full-lexical verb and unstressed as auxiliary verb.

All unstressed forms can also bear stress when they have the stress in the sentence.

Conjugation

Class I, accentual type IIC (accent is on different vowels in infinitive and present indicative), imperfective

Infinitive bíti (ø-ti), irregular accent, suppletive, additional form for conditional

l-participle
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)		bíti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)		bȉt, bȋt
Supine		bȉt, bȋt
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bȋł	bilȁ, bȋla	bilọ̑, bilȍ, bȋlo
dual	bilȁ, bȋla	bilȉ, bȋli	bilȉ, bȋli
plural	bilȋ, bilȉ, bȋli	bilȅ, bilẹ̑, bȋle	bilȁ, bȋla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bȋvši	bȋvša	bȋvše
dual	bȋvša	bȋvši	bȋvši
plural	bȋvši	bȋvše	bȋvša
conditional forms
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bi, bȉ^stressed	bi, bȉ^stressed	bi, bȉ^stressed
dual	bi, bȉ^stressed	bi, bȉ^stressed	bi, bȉ^stressed
plural	bi, bȉ^stressed	bi, bȉ^stressed	bi, bȉ^stressed
adverbial š-participle		bȋvši
True gerund		bītje
Objectified gerund		bītje

Present stem səm (-ø-m), athematic, irregular accent, suppletive, special future and negative present forms

Present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	səm, sə̏m^stressed	sva, svȁ^stressed, sma, smȁ^stressed	smo, smȍ^stressed
2nd person	si, sȉ^stressed	sta, stȁ^stressed	ste, stȅ^stressed
3rd person	je, jȅ^stressed	sta, stȁ^stressed	so, sȍ^stressed
Negative present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	nísəm	nísva, nísma	nísmo
2nd person	nísi	nísta	níste
3rd person	ní	nísta	níso
Future indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bom, bọ̑m^stressed, bodem, bọ̄dem^stressed	bova, bọ̑va^stressed, bodeva, bọ̄deva^stressed, boma, bọ̑ma^stressed	bomo, bọ̑mo^stressed, bodemo, bọ̄demo^stressed
2nd person	boš, bọ̑š^stressed, bodeš, bọ̄deš^stressed	bosta, bọ̑sta^stressed, bodeta, bọ̄deta^stressed, bota, bọ̑ta^stressed, bodesta, bọ̄desta^stressed	boste, bọ̑ste^stressed, bodete, bọ̄dete^stressed, bote, bọ̑te^stressed, bodeste, bọ̄deste^stressed
3rd person	bo, bọ̑^stressed, bode, bọ̄de^stressed	bosta, bọ̑sta^stressed, bodeta, bọ̄deta^stressed, bota, bọ̑ta^stressed, bodesta, bọ̄desta^stressed	bodo, bọ̑do^stressed, bọ̑jo, bodejo, bọ̄dejo^stressed
Imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bọ́di	bọ́diva, bodȋva, bọ́dima, bodȋma	bọ́dimo, bodȋmo
2nd person	bọ́di	bọ́dita, bodȋta	bọ́dite, bodȋte
3rd person	bọ́di	bọ́dita, bodȋta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bijọ̄č, ^✝bodoč^[acc?]	bijọ́ča, ^✝bodoča^[acc?]	bijọ́če, ^✝bodoče^[acc?]
dual	bijọ́ča, ^✝bodoča^[acc?]	bijọ́či, ^✝bodoči^[acc?]	bijọ́či, ^✝bodoči^[acc?]
plural	bijọ́či, ^✝bodoči^[acc?]	bijọ́če, ^✝bodoče^[acc?]	bijọ́ča, ^✝bodoča^[acc?]
adverbial participles
č-participle		bijọ̄č, ^✝bodoč^[acc?]
e-participle		–

Derived terms

bȋt
biti ali ne biti
biti kaj
biti lep
biti na
biti na stvari
biti ob
biti po
biti prav
biti pri kom
biti pri sebi
biti s
biti sam zase
biti to, kar si
bítje
dobrobȋt
kar je, je
kdor ni z nami, je proti nam
ni in ni
prebíti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bìːti/
Hyphenation: bí‧ti

Verb

bíti impf

to beat (to hit, to strike)
- 2019 February 25, “Žena je po nasvetu psihologa udarila svojega moža. Mož tepe svojo ženo, ali Pazite se sadista v hiši! Možni dejavniki tveganja za pojav agresije”, in Kormeshka‎, retrieved 2023-02-08:
  Če mož redno bije svojo ženo, potem morate najti način, kako ga ustaviti.
  If a man is regularly beating his wife, you have to find a way to stop him.
to beat (to hit repeatedly, but not necessarily in rhythm)
- 2023 February 8 (last accessed) “KAKO JESENI POLEPŠATI SVOJ DOM IN SE POČUTITI SREČNEGA”, in Planet design‎:
  Dajmo torej nekaj predlogov, ki bodo hiši dali vitalnost , z majhnimi in velikimi okraski, ki lahko olepšajo in poskrbijo, da se počutimo vedno dejavne, tudi kadar zunaj dež bije po oknih.
  Let's therefore give some suggestions, which will give your house vitality, with small and big decorations, which can embellish and make sure that we feel active, even when the rain is beating on the windows.
(usually reflexive) to fight
- 2023, Ivica Flis Smaka, “Dodajmo kakovost življenju”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, retrieved 2023-02-08:
  In mi vsi nenehno bijemo bitko z zahrbtnim in neizprosnim sovražnikom, ki mu je ime staranje.
  And we all are constantly fighting a battle with a treacherous and unrelenting enemy, which is called ageing.
to strike
Ura je bila tri četrt. ― The clock was striking quarter to [some full hour].
(impersonal) Used to tell time^[→SSKJ]
Osem je bilo. ― It was eight o'clock.
(archaic) to play an instrument
- 1863, Janez Leon, Levretanske pridige‎, Klagenfurt, page 20:
  In slišal sem glas od neba, kakor šum veliko vod, in kakor bobnenje velikega gromenja, in ta glas, katerega sem jaz slišal, je bil kakor citarjev, ki na svoje citre bijejo…
  And I heard the voice from the sky, like the sound of many rivers, and like a grumble of a big thunder, and this voice, which I have heard before, was like that from men which play their zithers.
(literary) to spread^[→SSKJ]
(reflexive) to contadict^[→SSKJ]
(rare, archaic) to drop, to fall
- 1862, “Posnetek iz novih postav”, in Novice kmetijskin, rokodelnih in narodskih stvari, (20)‎, Ljubljana, page 434:
  Na kogar bíje sum, da je storil hudodelstvo, na ktero je postavljena petletna ali še daljša ječa, tacega je treba bilo po sedaj veljavnem redu kazenske pravde zaprtega preiskovati in izpraševati; po novi postavi pa sme viša sodna gosposka tudi temu dovoliti, da ostane na svobodi ali ne zaprt, ako varščino dá ali pa poroka postavi, kakor je bilo gori zapovedano
  Onto whom falls the suspicion that he had done an evil deed, for which the penalty is five or more years, they had to be under the currently standing crime law inspected and questioned locked up; the new law stipulates that the higher-ranked judge can allow them to stay free and not locked up as well if he puts up the bail or the jury's opinion is what is mentioned above.

Conjugation

Class I, accentual type IIA (accent is directly before infinitive ending and not directly before present indicative endings), imperfective

Infinitive bíti (ø-ti)

l-participle
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)		bíti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)		bīt, bȉt
Supine		bȋt, bȉt
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bȉł	bíla	bílo
dual	bíla	bíli	bíli
plural	bíli	bíle	bíla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bȋt	bȋta	bȋto
dual	bȋta	bȋti	bȋti
plural	bȋti	bȋte	bȋta
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial š-participle		–
True gerund		bítje
Objectified gerund		–

Present stem bȋjem (je-m)

Present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bȋjem	bȋjeva, bȋjema	bȋjemo
2nd person	bȋješ	bȋjeta, bȋjesta	bȋjete, bȋjeste
3rd person	bȋje	bȋjeta, bȋjesta	bȋjejo
Imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bīj	bȋjva, bȋjma	bȋjmo
2nd person	bīj	bȋjta	bȋjte
3rd person	bīj	bȋjta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bijọ̄č	bijọ́ča	bijọ́če
dual	bijọ́ča	bijọ́či	bijọ́či
plural	bijọ́či	bijọ́če	bijọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle		bijọ̄č
e-participle		–

Derived terms

biti plat zvona
biti v oči
biti žogo
bítje
izbíjati
izbíti
izpodbíjati
izpodbíti
koliko bije ura
nabíjati
nabíti
nabȍj
obíti
odbíjati
odbȋtek
odbíti
odbȍj
odbọ̑jka
pobíjati
pobíti
pobȋtost
pobȍj
podbíti
prebíjati
prebíti
prebȍj
pribíjati
pribíti
razbijáč
razbíjati
razbíti
razbitína
spodbíjati
spodbíti
srebíti
ubijȃlec
ubíjati
ubíti
ubȍj
vbíti
zabijáč
zabíjati
zabíti
zbíti

Turkish

Noun

biti

accusative singular of bit
third-person singular possessive of bit

Welsh

Alternative forms

boiti, bwti, bwyti, byti, bythdi

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtɪ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪti/

Preposition

biti

Alternative form of obeutu (“about”)

Adverb

biti

Alternative form of obeutu (“about”)

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbi.t̪i/

Verb

biti

to bail water

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

biti

Arawak

Numeral

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Noun

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Verb

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

Huba

Noun

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

Latvian

Noun

Noun

Lindu

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Participle

Verb

Pronunciation

Noun

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovene

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Impersonal be

Additional usage notes regarding conjugation

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Turkish

Noun

Welsh