biś

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bis"

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• bisch

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiɕ]

Verb

biś impf (perfective deriś)

1. to hit, strike, beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of biś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	biju bijom	bijomej	bijomy
2nd person	bijoš	bijotej	bijośo
3rd person	bijo	bijotej	biju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	bijach	bijachmej	bijachmy
2nd person	bijašo	bijaštej	bijašćo
3rd person	bijašo	bijaštej	bijachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	bij	bijtej	bijśo

Participles

• Present: bijucy
• Past active (“ł-form”): bił
• Past passive: bity

Infinitive

biś

Supine

bit

Verbal noun

biśe

Synonyms

• praś (archaic)

Derived terms

• bijadło n (“striking mechanism”)
• bijak m (“club, bat”)
• bijaŕ m (“ruffian”)
• dobiś pf (“to beat to death”)
• nabiś pf (“to nail down”)
• póbiś pf (“to beat down”)
• pódbiś pf (“to hammer down”)
• pśebiś pf (“to beat up”)
• pśezabiś pf (“to beat through”)
• pśibiś pf (“to nail down”)
• rozbiś pf (“to beat thoroughly”)
• wobbiś pf (“to beat”)
• wobiś pf (“to beat down”)
• wótbiś pf (“to beat down”)
• wubiś pf (“to beat out”)
• zabiś pf (“to beat in”)
• zbiś pf (“to beat to pieces”)

 

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “biś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “biś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Romani

Romani numbers ^(edit)

		200
←  10	←  19	20	21  → [a], [b]	30  → [a], [b], [c]
		2
Cardinal: biś     Ordinal: bìśto     Adverbial: biśvar

Alternative forms

• bish (Anglicized)
• biš (Pan-Vlax)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśatí). Cognate with Hindi बीस (bīs), Persian بیست (bist).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ/

Numeral

biś

1. (International Standard) twenty

Descendants

• Kalo Finnish Romani: biȟ
• → Romanian: biștar