byt
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Berti with y as a placeholder.
Symbol
byt
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Berti terms
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bijten, from Middle Dutch biten, from Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt (“to split”).
Pronunciation
Verb
byt (present byt, present participle bytende, past participle gebyt)
- to bite
- Die kat byt my — The cat is biting me
Noun
byt (plural byte)
- bite (the wound left behind after having been bitten)
References
- ^ 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Czech
Etymology
Deverbal from být.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɪt]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
- Homophone: bit
Noun
byt m inan (diminutive bytek)
Declension
Further reading
- “byt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “byt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “byt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Verb
byt
- imperative of bytte
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɨt/
- Rhymes: -ɨt
- Syllabification: byt
Verb
byt
- supine of byś
Old English
Alternative forms
Noun
byt f
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | byt | bytta, bytte |
accusative | bytte | bytta, bytte |
genitive | bytte | bytta |
dative | bytte | byttum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “byt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bytъ. First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
byt m animacy unattested
- life, existence
- habitation, dwelling
- 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume VI, page 370:
- Middle of the 15th century
- [Kthory czlowyek szyedzy w prawie myeszczkyem, maydborszkyem prawye y tam bytem zyl albo zywye, ten moze szwey zenye dacz wyano]
- Ktory człowiek siedzi w prawie miesckiem, majdborskiem prawie, i tam bytem żył albo żywie, ten może swej żenie dać wiano
Descendants
Further reading
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “byt”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish byt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɘt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘt
- Syllabification: byt
Noun
byt m inan
Declension
Declension of byt
Derived terms
adjective
verb
Further reading
- byt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- byt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “byt”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bit]
Audio: (file)
Noun
byt m inan (relational adjective bytový, diminutive bytík, augmentative bytisko)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | byt | byty |
genitive | bytu | bytov |
dative | bytu | bytom |
accusative | byt | byty |
locative | byte | bytoch |
instrumental | bytom | bytmi |
Further reading
- “byt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Swedish
Verb
byt
- imperative of byta
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
byt f (diminutive bytła)
- barrel (container for wine, fish, etc.)