byt

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See also: být, byť, and by't

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

  • IPA(key): /bɛit/,
  • Audio(file)

Verb

byt (present byt, present participle bytende, past participle gebyt)

  1. to bite
    Die kat byt my — The cat is biting me

Noun

byt (plural byte)

  1. bite (the wound left behind after having been bitten)
    byte van insekte kan gevaarlik wees — insect bites can be dangerous

References

  1. ^ 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Czech

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Etymology

Deverbal from být.

Pronunciation

Noun

byt m inan

  1. apartment, flat (UK)

Declension

Declension of byt (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative byt byty
genitive bytu bytů
dative bytu bytům
accusative byt byty
vocative byte byty
locative bytě, bytu bytech
instrumental bytem byty

Further reading

  • byt in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • byt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • byt in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Verb

byt

  1. imperative of bytte

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

byt

  1. supine of byś

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bytъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɨt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɨt/

Noun

byt m animacy unattested

  1. life, existence
    • 1874-1891 [Middle of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, volume XXII, page 238:
      Czy, gisch placzą przetluzenya tego bita, bądą vczyescheny
      [Ci, jiż płaczą przedłużenia tego byta, będą ucieszeni]
  2. habitation, dwelling
    • 1884, “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

  • Polish: byt
  • Silesian: byt

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish byt.

Pronunciation

Noun

byt m inan

  1. being; entity (abstract concept)
  2. existence
  3. (dated) everyday life

Declension

Declension of byt
singular plural
nominative byt byty
genitive bytu bytów
dative bytowi bytom
accusative byt byty
instrumental bytem bytami
locative bycie bytach
vocative bycie byty

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
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

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Pronunciation

Noun

byt m inan (genitive singular bytu, nominative plural byty, genitive plural bytov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. apartment, flat (UK)

Declension

Declension of byt
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, 2024

Swedish

Verb

byt

  1. imperative of byta

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

byt f (diminutive bytła)

  1. barrel (container for wine, fish, etc.)
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