bí

bí

1. to (dative)

   Ě há ywə́ bí mú. ― She gave something to the child.

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

bí

1. feces

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

• IPA^(key): /bʲiː/

From Old Irish bí.

The present indicative independent affirmative analytic form is from Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).

The present dependent is from Old Irish fuil, eventually from Proto-Celtic *weleti "to see", while the past dependent and subjunctive is from roib, an augmented ro-form of at·tá.

bí (present analytic tá, future analytic beidh, verbal noun bheith)

1. (intransitive) to be

• Only used with adjective or prepositional phrases as the predicate, never with noun phrases, for which the copular particle is is used instead.

Although the present dependent is generally used instead, the present independent affirmative is immune to lenition in most dialects and never would be subject to eclipsis.

• bí ann (“exist”, verb, literally “be there”)

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”).

bí f (genitive singular bí)

1. pitch, resin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bí

1. (literary) genitive singular masculine of beo (“living”)

bí m sg

1. (literary) genitive singular of beo (“living being”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “attá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

• bi — nonstandard

bí (bi², Zhuyin ㄅㄧˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荸
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襣
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魮 / 𱇒
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼻

bí

1. third person singular and dual pronoun: he, she, it; they two
2. third person singular and dual possessive pronoun: his, hers, its; theirs (for two people)
   • 1995, Irvy W. Goossen, Diné Bizaad: Speak, Read, Write Navajo, Salina Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 73:

     Łį́į́łgaii éí shicheii bí.

     The white horse is my grandfather's.

• daabí

• IPA^(key): /bʲiː/

Inflected forms of at·tá, derived from Proto-Celtic *bwiyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

• bii

·bí

1. second/third-person singular habitual present indicative conjunct of at·tá

bí

1. second-person singular imperative of at·tá

The following forms are descended from the imperative:

• Irish: bí
• Manx: bee
• Scottish Gaelic: bi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bí

1. third-person singular preterite absolute of benaid

·bí

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of benaid

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bí

1. inflection of béo:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. accusative/dative singular feminine
   3. genitive singular neuter
   4. nominative plural masculine

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓi˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓi˦]

bí

1. to peel

   bí bắp ― to peel an [ear of] corn

2. to open up; to tear

   Synonyms: déc, xẻ, xon

   bí nựa oóc ― to tear the meat.

   bí pha mo̱ ― to separate the bamboo panels and peek in

   Că̱m bí slí că̱m lắp

   Up for one night, sleep for four nights

   (literally, “One night with opened eyes, four nights with closed eyes”)

• bí nhác

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˦˥]

From Proto-Vietic *k-biːrʔ ~ *k-piːrʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpiir. Cognate with Muong pỉl, proto-Monic *cmpiir (modern Mon သ္ပဳ (həpɔe, “pumpkin”)), Riang sᵊpir¹, Khmu [Cuang] hmpiːr ("melon").

This word was originally referred to some kind of native gourd (pumpkins are from the Americas), most likely the wax gourd, now also commonly called bí đao; or maybe it was (and is still) just the word for cucurbits in general.

• (North Central Vietnam) bín (in dialects with *-l > /n/)

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bí • (秘, 泌, 費, 𦷬)

1. pumpkin
2. other plants in the Cucurbitaceae family

Sino-Vietnamese word from 秘.

bí

1. (informal or slang) to not know

   Cái đó thì bí.

   I don't know about that.

bí

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 秘

• → Tày: bỉ