biś

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bis"

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

bisch

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *biti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Verb

biś impf (perfective deriś)

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)**
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← 10	← 19	20	21 → ^{[a], [b]}	30 → ^{[a], [b], [c]}
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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 (bist).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ/

Numeral

biś

(International Standard) twenty

Descendants

→ Romanian: biștar

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