bí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bí, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”).

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)

  1. (intransitive) be
Usage notes
  • Only used with an adjective phrase or prepositional phrase as the predicative, never with noun phrases, for which the copular particle is is used instead.
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • bí ann (“exist”, verb, literally “be there”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”).

Noun

bí f (genitive singular bí)

  1. pitch, resin
Declension

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Adjective

bí

  1. (literary) genitive singular masculine of beo (“living”)

Noun

bí m sg

  1. (literary) genitive singular of beo (“living being”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bí bhí mbí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "bí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “attá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “1 bí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “bí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Mandarin

Romanization

bí (Zhuyin ㄅㄧˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 荸
  2. Pinyin transcription of 襣
  3. Pinyin transcription of 魮
  4. Pinyin transcription of 鼻

Pronoun

bí

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

Derived terms

See also

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲiː/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Verb

·bí

  1. second-person singular consuetudinal present indicative conjunct of at·tá
  2. third-person singular consuetudinal present indicative conjunct of at·tá

bí

  1. 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

Inflected form of benaid.

Verb

bí (absolute), ·bí (conjunct)

  1. third-person singular preterite absolute and conjunct of benaid

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Adjective

bí

  1. inflection of béo:
    1. vocative and genitive singular masculine
    2. accusative and dative singular feminine
    3. genitive singular neuter
    4. nominative plural masculine

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bí bí
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-biːrʔ ~ *k-piːrʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpiir (“pumpkin”); cognate with Muong pỉl, proto-Monic *cmpiir (modern Mon သ္ပဳ (həpɔe, “pumpkin”)).

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bí (𦷬)

  1. pumpkin
  2. other plants in the Cucurbitaceae family

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 祕.

Adjective

bí

  1. (only in compounds) mysterious, secret, unknown

Verb

bí

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