# bí
## Ghomala'
### Preposition

bí
* to (dative)
    Ě há ywə́ bí mú. ― She gave something to the child.

### See also

* bhə́ (“down below”)
* bì
* bǐ (“chess”)
* nə̂

### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

## Gokana
### Noun

bí
* feces

### References

* R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of bí – see 米 (“hulled or husked uncooked rice; husked seed; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 米).
* For pronunciation and definitions of bí – see 美 (“beautiful; pretty; attractive; good-looking; delicious; tasty; flavoursome; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 美).

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʲiː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bí.
The present indicative independent affirmative analytic form is from Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).

#### Verb

bí (present analytic tá, future analytic beidh, verbal noun bheith)
* (intransitive) to be

##### Usage notes

* Only used with adjective or prepositional phrases as the predicate, never with noun phrases, for which the copular particle is is used instead.

##### Conjugation

Although the present dependent is generally used instead, the present independent affirmative is immune to lenition in most dialects and never would be subject to eclipsis.
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present independent affirmative | táim; tá mé | tá tú; táir$^†$; taoi$^†$; tánn tú$^†$ | tá sé, sí; tánn sé, sí$^†$ | táimid; tá muid | tá sibh; táthaoi; tánn sibh$^†$ | tá siad; táid; tádar; tánn siad$^†$ | atá; atáim (1st sg.); atáir, ataoi (2nd sg.); atáimid (1st pl.); atáthaoi (2nd pl.); atáid (3rd pl.); atáthar (autonomous) | táthar |
| indicative | present dependent | fuilim; fuil mé | fuil tú; fuilir$^†$ | fuil sé, sí | fuilimid; fuil muid | fuil sibh | fuil siad; fuilid | a bhfuil*; go bhfuil*$^†$ | fuiltear |
| indicative | present negative‡ | nílim; níl mé | níl tú; nílir$^†$ | níl sé, sí | nílimid; níl muid | níl sibh | níl siad; nílid | nach bhfuil; ná fuil$^†$ | níltear |
| indicative | present habitual | bím | bíonn tú; bír$^†$ | bíonn sé, sí; bí sé, sí | bímid; bíonn muid | bíonn sibh | bíonn siad; bíd$^†$ | a bhíonn; a bhíonns$^†$; a bhíos$^†$ / a mbíonn*; go mbíonn*$^†$ | bítear |
| indicative | past habitual | bhínn / mbínn‡‡ | bhíteá / mbíteá‡‡ | bhíodh sé, sí / mbíodh sé, sí‡‡ | bhímis; bhíodh muid / mbímis‡‡; mbíodh muid‡‡ | bhíodh sibh / mbíodh sibh‡‡ | bhídís; bhíodh siad / mbídís‡‡; mbíodh siad‡‡ | a bhíodh / a mbíodh*; go mbíodh*$^†$ | bhítí / mbítí‡‡ |
| indicative | past independent | bhí mé; bhíos | bhí tú; bhís | bhí sé, sí | bhíomar; bhí muid | bhí sibh; bhíobhair | bhí siad; bhíodar | a bhí | bhíothas |
| indicative | past dependent | raibh mé; rabhas | raibh tú; rabhais | raibh sé, sí | rabhamar; raibh muid | raibh sibh; rabhabhair | raibh siad; rabhadar | a raibh*; go raibh*$^†$ | rabhthas |
| future | future | beidh mé; bead | beidh tú; beir$^†$ | beidh sé, sí | beimid; beidh muid | beidh sibh | beidh siad; beid$^†$ | a bheidh; a bheas$^†$ / a mbeidh*; go mbeidh*$^†$ | beifear |
| conditional | conditional | bheinn / mbeinn‡‡ | bheifeá / mbeifeá‡‡ | bheadh sé, sí / mbeadh sé, sí‡‡ | bheimis; bheadh muid / mbeimis‡‡; mbeadh muid‡‡ | bheadh sibh / mbeadh sibh‡‡ | bheidís; bheadh siad / mbeidís‡‡; mbeadh siad‡‡ | a bheadh / a mbeadh*; go mbeadh*$^†$ | bheifí / mbeifí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go raibh mé; go rabhad$^†$ | go raibh tú; go rabhair$^†$ | go raibh sé, sí | go rabhaimid; go raibh muid | go raibh sibh | go raibh siad; go rabhaid$^†$ | — | go rabhthar |
| subjunctive | past | dá mbeinn | dá mbeiteá | dá mbeadh sé, sí | dá mbeimis; beadh muid | dá mbeadh sibh | dá mbeidís; beadh siad | — | dá mbeití |
| imperative | imperative | bím | bí | bíodh sé, sí | bímis | bígí; bídh$^†$ | bídís | — | bítear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bheith | bheith | bheith | bheith | bheith | bheith | bheith | bheith |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ quasi-independent; formed from a contraction of ní and the appropriate form of fhuil ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Derived terms

* bí ann (“exist”, verb, literally “be there”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”).

#### Noun

bí f (genitive singular bí)
* pitch, resin

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bí
vocative
a bhí
genitive
bí
dative
bí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bhí
genitive
na bí
dative
leis an mbí don bhí :

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

bí
* (literary) genitive singular masculine of beo (“living”)

#### Noun

bí m sg
* (literary) genitive singular of beo (“living being”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “attá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* bi — nonstandard

### Romanization

bí (bi$^2$, Zhuyin ㄅㄧˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荸
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襣
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魮 / 𱇒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼻

## Navajo
### Pronoun

bí
* third person singular and dual pronoun: he, she, it; they two
* third person singular and dual possessive pronoun: his, hers, its; theirs (for two people)
** 1995, Irvy W. Goossen, Diné Bizaad: Speak, Read, Write Navajo, Salina Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 73:Łį́į́łgaii éí shicheii bí.The white horse is my grandfather's.

#### Derived terms

* daabí

#### See also
## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʲiː/

### Etymology 1

Inflected forms of at·tá, derived from Proto-Celtic *bwiyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

#### Alternative forms

* bii

#### Verb

·bí
* second/third-person singular habitual present indicative conjunct of at·tá
bí
* second-person singular imperative of at·tá

##### Descendants

The following forms are descended from the imperative:
* Irish: bí
* Manx: bee
* Scottish Gaelic: bi

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bí
* third-person singular preterite absolute of benaid

#### Verb

·bí
* third-person singular preterite conjunct of benaid

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

bí
* inflection of béo:
** vocative/genitive singular masculine
** accusative/dative singular feminine
** genitive singular neuter
** nominative plural masculine

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓi˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓi˦]

### Verb

bí
* to peel
    bí bắp ― to peel an [ear of] corn
* to open up; to tear
    Synonyms: déc, xẻ, xon
    bí nựa oóc ― to tear the meat.
    bí pha mo̱ ― to separate the bamboo panels and peek in
    Că̱m bí slí că̱m lắpUp for one night, sleep for four nights(literally, “One night with opened eyes, four nights with closed eyes”)

#### Derived terms

* bí nhác

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓi˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɪj˦˥]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-biːrʔ ~ *k-piːrʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpiir. Cognate with Muong pỉl, proto-Monic *cmpiir (modern Mon သ္ပဳ (həpɔe, “pumpkin”)), Riang sᵊpir¹, Khmu [Cuang] hmpiːr ("melon").
This word was originally referred to some kind of native gourd (pumpkins are from the Americas), most likely the wax gourd, now also commonly called bí đao; or maybe it was (and is still) just the word for cucurbits in general.

#### Alternative forms

* (North Central Vietnam) bín

#### Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bí • (秘, 泌, 費, 𦷬)
* pumpkin
* other plants in the Cucurbitaceae family

##### Derived terms

* bầu bí
* bí đao
* bí đỏ
* bí ngòi
* bí ngô
* bí rợ

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 秘.

#### Adjective

bí
* (only in compounds) mysterious, secret, unknown

##### Derived terms

* bí ẩn
* bí hiểm
* bí mật
* thần bí

#### Verb

bí
* (informal or slang) to not know
    Cái đó thì bí.I don't know about that.

#### Descendants

* → Tày: bỉ