бишь

Allegro form of ба́ешь (báješʹ, “you say”), from ба́ять (bájatʹ).

Compare typologically де́скать (déskatʹ), де (de), мол (mol).

• IPA^(key): [bʲiʂ]

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бишь • (bišʹ)

1. (colloquial) now

   как бишь его́ зову́т? ― kak bišʹ jevó zovút? ― what is his name, now?

   то бишь ― to bišʹ ― that is to say

• де (de)
• де́скать (déskatʹ)
• мол (mol)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бишь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “бишь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.