бити

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiti]

би́ти • (bíti)

1. indefinite plural past passive participle of би́я (bíja)

• ⰱⰻⱅⰻ (biti) — Glagolitic

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

бити • (biti) impf

1. (transitive) to beat
   • from Slavonic Josephus, книга 6, 460в:

     титъ же рече имъ врѣмѧ прошенїѧ миноуло. [...] и тако рекъ повелѣ мꙋчити и, и би ѧ.

     titŭ že reče imŭ vrěmę prošeniję minulo. [...] i tako rekŭ povelě mučiti i, i bi ę.

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2. (transitive) to hit

From Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бити (biti) and Old Polish bić.

• Hyphenation: би‧ти

бити (biti) impf

1. (transitive) to beat, hit

• Old Ruthenian: бити (biti)
  • Belarusian: біць (bicʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: би́ти (býty)
  • Ukrainian: би́ти (býty)
• Russian: бить (bitʹ)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бити”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 89

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

• IPA^(key): /bîti/
• Hyphenation: би‧ти

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

1. (intransitive, copulative) to be

   небо је плаво ― the sky is blue

   • 1989, Ђорђе Балашевић, “Девојка Са Чардаш Ногама”, in Ђорђе Балашевић (lyrics), Три послератна друга‎^[2], performed by Ђорђе Балашевић, Нови Сад: Југотон:

     Рекох јој "Бежи, мани се,
     и тражи боље партије!
     Премала је моја тамбура
     да те од кише сакрије".

     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”.

2. (intransitive) to exist

   код нас није кише ― it is not raining where we are

3. (intransitive) to be, appear

   гд(ј)е је дима, ту је и ватре ― where there's smoke, there's fire

4. (intransitive, interrogatively) forming a question

   јеси ли ту? ― are you there?

5. (intransitive) to be worth

   пет јабука је два еура ― five apples cost two euros

6. (intransitive, impersonally, in the future tense) it will happen

   бит ће рата ― a war is coming

7. (intransitive) to be located

   банана је на столу ― a banana is on the table

8. (intransitive) to express time

   три су сата ― it is three o'clock

9. (intransitive) to express age

   тек јој је шеснаест година ― she is only sixteen

• “бити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bȉti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 342

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

• IPA^(key): /bîti/
• Hyphenation: би‧ти

би̏ти impf (Latin spelling bȉti)

1. (transitive) to beat, hit, strike

   Synonyms: ту̑ћи, у̀дарати

• “бити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bȉti”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[4] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 338

From Middle Ukrainian бити (byty), from Old East Slavic бити (biti), from Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪte]

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би́ти • (býty) impf (perfective поби́ти)

1. (transitive) to beat, to hit, to strike

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “бити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “бити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)