bist

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See also: bîst and bīst

English

Etymology

From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be +‎ -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist (“(thou) art”), Low German büst (“(thou) art”), German bist (“(thou) art”).

Pronunciation

Verb

bist

  1. (UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be.
    • 1875, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch:
      Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
    • 1904, Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale:
      Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
    Where bist goin'.
    Where are you going?
    How bist?
    How are you?

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

bist

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) second-person singular present of zijn

German

Etymology

From Old High German bist. Cognate to Middle Dutch bes, best, dialectal English bist, beest.

German bist has two sources:

Pronunciation

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present of sein
    Du bist nicht mein Sohn.
    You are not my son.

References

  1. ^ A. van Loey, Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands, 8. druk 1970, →ISBN; §147a
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “bin”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Maltese

Pronunciation

Verb

bist

  1. first/second-person singular perfect of bies

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to been +‎ -est.

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present indicative of been

Usage notes

This form is less common than art for the second-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)

Old English

Alternative forms

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bēon

Descendants

Old High German

Verb

bist

  1. second-person singular present indicative of wesan

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian بیست (bist).

Numeral

bist

  1. twenty

Wakhi

Etymology

From Tajik бист (bist).

Numeral

bist

  1. twenty

West Frisian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian bist, second person singular indicative of wesa (“to be”). Cognate with English bist, German bist.

Verb

bist

  1. second person singular indicative of wêze

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin bēstia.

Noun

bist n (plural bisten, diminutive bistje or bistke)

  1. animal, beast
    De bisten binne fuort. ― The animals are gone.
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Derived terms
Further reading
  • “beest”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Numeral

bist

  1. twenty

Further reading

  • Ronald Emmerick (1992) “Iranian”, in Jadranka Gvozdanović, editor, Indo-European Numerals, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 312
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