bíti

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtɪ/
• Rhymes: -iːtɪ

bíti n (genitive singular bítis, no plural)

1. used in compounds

• Primarily used in the accusative with a definite article (bítið) where it is anteceded by the preposition í (“in”) forming í bítið (“early, early in the morning”)

  Drengurinn vaknaði í bítið til að mæta í skólann.

  The boy woke up early to go to school.

• í bítið (early, early in the morning)
• Ísland í bítið (Iceland in the morning)

bíti

1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of bíta
2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of bíta
3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of bíta

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *biti.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbiːci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbiːci/

bíti impf

1. (transitive) to beat (to strike or pound repeatedly)
2. (transitive) to coin
3. to attack [+ na (object)]
4. (reflexive with sě) to fight

• Czech: bít

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bíti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění