бива

Bulgarian

Etymology

See би́вам (bívam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbivɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

би́ва • (bíva) third-singular present indicativeimpf (impersonal)

  1. (impersonal) it is (habitually), it happens, it occurs, (in the past) it used to be
  2. (impersonal) it ought to be, it should be (in a negative polarity context, e.g. when negated or in a question)
    Не би́ва така́!
    Ne bíva taká!
    It shouldn't be like that!
  3. (impersonal) one is good [with direct object pronoun ‘person or thing who is good’]
    Не го би́ва за ни́що.
    Ne go bíva za níšto.
    He's not good for anything.

Conjugation

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbiva]
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: би‧ва

Verb

бива (biva)

  1. third-person singular present indicative of бивац (bivac)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 琵琶 (びわ, biwa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲivə]

Noun

би́ва • (bívaf inan (indeclinable)

  1. biwa (lute)