# bít
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bíti, from Proto-Slavic *biti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-. Cognate with English bite.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbiːt]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: být
* Rhymes: -iːt
* Homophone: být

### Verb

bít impf (perfective zbít)
* (transitive) to beat (to strike or pound repeatedly)
* (reflexive with se) to fight
    Bil se jako lev. ― He fought like a lion.

#### Conjugation

infinitive
bít, bíti
active adjective
bijící
verbal noun
passive adjective
present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person
biji, bijubijeme—bijme
2nd person
biješbijetebijbijte
3rd person
bijebijí, bijou——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bít.
participlespast participlespassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate
bilbilibitbiti
masculine inanimate
bilybity
feminine
bilabita
neuter
bilobilabitobita
transgressives
present
past
masculine singular
bije—
feminine + neuter singular
bijíc—
plural
bijíce— :

#### Synonyms

* bojovat

#### Derived terms

* dobít
* nabít
* odbít
* pobít
* přibít
* rozbít
* sbít
* ubít
* vybít
* zabít
* zbít

#### Related terms

* bidlo
* bijec
* bitevní
* bitka
* bitva
* bitý
* nabíječ
* odbíjená
* rozbitný
* rozbíječ
* sbíječka
* zabiják

### References

* ↑ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bít”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

### Further reading

* “bíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “bíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “bít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Icelandic
### Verb

bít
* first-person singular active present indicative of bíta
* second-person singular active imperative of bíta

## Tày
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓitᴰ; cognate with Lao ບິດ (bit), Shan မိတ်း (mít), Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜄𑜫 (mit), Zhuang mbit. Compare Sui qbyeds, Southern Kam miuds, Thai บิด (bìt).

#### Verb

bít (别)
* to pick
    bít nhọt phjắc bủng ― to pick the spinach's top
* to pinch
    Đếch bít căn.Children pinch each other.
* to gather
    bít phjắc hết ngài ― to gather vegetables for lunch

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bít
* Schizostachyum aciculare

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* bịt

### Etymology

From Old Chinese 閉 (OC *pˤi[t]-s) (B-S) (SV: bế). Compare Burmese ပိတ် (pit), Khmer បិទ (bət), Thai ปิด (bpìt).

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓit̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓit̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɨt̚˦˥]

### Verb

bít • (別, 扒, 捌)
* to cover, to seal, to stop up

#### Derived terms

* bưng bít

## Wiyot
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βít/
* Hyphenation: bít

### Noun

bít
* tongue

#### Declension
### References

* Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 81