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

Verb

bì (present bi'ir, past bì'adhir, imperative bì'adhist, future bì'ist)

1. (non-copulative) to be

Conjugation

Conjugation of bì (regular)

		present	past	future
infinitive		bì	bìadh	bìast
participle		bìan	bìa	bìanist
		positive		negative
		personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
ind.	pres.	bì'ir	bìscir	è bhì'ir	è bhìscir
	past	bì'adhir	bìscadhir	è bhì'adhir	è bhìscadhir
	fut.	bì'ist	bìscist	è bhì'ist	è bhìscist
	imp.	bì'adhist	bìscadhist	è bhì'adhist	è bhìscadhist
cont.	pres.	i mì'ir u	i mìscir u	è h'i mì'ir u	è h'i mìscir u
	past	i mì'adhir u	i mìscadhir u	è h'i mì'adhir u	è h'i mìscadhir u
	fut.	i mì'ist u	i mìscist u	è h'i mì'ist u	è h'i mìscist u
	imp.	i mì'adhist u	i mìscadhist u	è h'i mì'adhist u	è h'i mìscadhist u
perf.	pres.	as bì'ir u	as bìscir u	è h'as bì'ir u	è h'as bìscir u
	past	as bì'adhir u	as bìscadhir u	è h'as bì'adhir u	è h'as bìscadhir u
	fut.	as bì'ist u	as bìscist u	è h'as bì'ist u	è h'as bìscist u
	imp.	as bì'adhist u	as bìscadhist u	è h'as bì'adhist u	è h'as bìscadhist u

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.