Contionary:bì

Anrish

Alternative forms

• bí, bin-

Etymology

From Middle Anrish bin, from Old Anrish bin, bien, from Proto-Germanic *bi and *in

Pronunciation

(Anrish) IPA: /bi/

Preposition

bì (runic:‧ᛒᛁᛌ‧)

Lú bì bætíe. (A cat in a sink.)

• (+ common)

1. into (allative)

   Gnúð lau bì brókar mír.

   ᛬ᛝᚢᚴ‧ᛚᛆᚢ‧ᛒᛁᛌ‧ᛒᚱᚮᚳᚭᚱ‧ᛘᛁᚱ᛬

   Water got into my boots

2. indicating an order or arrangement

   Aunt ǽrr hereð bì tíl!

   ‧᛬ᛆᚢᚾᛏ‧ᛆᚱᚱ‧ᚼᛖᚱᛖᚴ‧ᛒᛁᛌ‧ᛏᛁᛚ᛬‧

   Form a line!

• (+ dative)

1. expressing containment, inside, within

   Is lúa bì bætíne.

   ᛬ᛁᛞ‧ᛚᚢᚭ‧ᛒᛁᛌ‧ᛒᛆᛏᛁᛌᚾᛖ᛬

   The cat is in the sink

2. denoting a state of the subject

   Is y bì Comene.

   ᛬ᛁᛞ‧ᛦ‧ᛒᛁᛌ‧ᚳᚮᛘᛁᚾᛖ᛬

   He is in a coma.

3. indicates means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality, (of a text, speech etc.) a language, script, tone etc.

   Aunt tilteð bì rúá!

   ‧᛬ᛆᚢᚾᛏ‧ᛏᛁᛚᚴᛖᚴ‧ᛒᛁᛌ‧ᚱᚢᚭᛌ᛬‧

   Write in runes!

• (+ genitive)

1. indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as their psychic and physical characteristics

   Is nǽð ír bin-ǫra.

   ᛬ᛁᛞ‧ᚾᛆᚴ‧ᛆᚱᚭᛘᛖ‧ᛒᛁᛌᛆᚭᚱᚭ᛬

   You have a friend in me.

Scots Norse

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbi/

Etymology

From Sudrey Norse bìda, from Old Norse bíða, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną. The modern form is under Irish influence. Doublet of bìodh

Verb

bì (present bithir, past bìthadhir, future bìthist, conditional bìthadhist)

1. (non-copulative) (there) to be

   bìthir Gud ― God is; There is a God

Conjugation

Conjugation of bì (regular, i-negative)

		present	past	future	conditional
infinitive		bì(thich)	bìthadh	bìthast	bìthadhast
participle		bìthin	bìtha	bìthanist	bìthast
		positive		negative
		personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
ind.	pres.	bìthir	bìtir	imìthir	imìtir
	past	bìthadhir	bìtadhir	imìthadhir	imìtadhir
	fut.	bìthist	bìtist	imìthist	imìtist
	cond.	bìthadhist	bìtadhist	imìthadhist	imìtadhist
cont.	pres.	bìthirúi	bìtirúi	imìthirúi	imìtirúi
	past	bìthadhirúi	bìtadhirúi	imìthadhirúi	imìtadhirúi
	fut.	bìthistúi	bìtistúi	imìthistúi	imìtistúi
	cond.	bìthadhistúi	bìtadhistúi	imìthadhistúi	imìtadhistúi
perf.	pres.	bìthirúa	bìtirúa	imìthirúa	imìtirúa
	past	bìthadhirúa	bìtadhirúa	imìthadhirúa	imìtadhirúa
	fut.	bìthist	bìtist	imìthist	imìtist
	cond.	bìthadhistúa	bìtadhistúa	imìthadhistúa	imìtadhistúa
imp.		bìth	bìt	imìth	imìt

Mutation

Mutated forms of bì

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bì	bhì	mì

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