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

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

   bì'ir Gud ― God is; There is a God

Usage notes

This is one of very few verbs that takes i- for negation, appearing as imì (/ə.ˈmi/)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bì (regular, i-negative)

		present	past	future	conditional
infinitive		bì('ich)	bì'adh	bì'ast	bì'adhast
participle		bì'in	bì'a	bì'anist	bì'ast
		positive		negative
		personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
ind.	pres.	bì'ir	bìtir	imì'ir	imìtir
	past	bì'adhir	bìtadhir	imì'adhir	imìtadhir
	fut.	bì'ist	bìtist	imì'ist	imìtist
	cond.	bì'adhist	bìtadhist	imì'adhist	imìtadhist
cont.	pres.	bì'irúi	bìtirúi	imì'irúi	imìtirúi
	past	bì'adhirúi	bìtadhirúi	imì'adhirúi	imìtadhirúi
	fut.	bì'istúi	bìtistúi	imì'istúi	imìtistúi
	cond.	bì'adhistúi	bìtadhistúi	imì'adhistúi	imìtadhistúi
perf.	pres.	bì'irúa	bìtirúa	imì'irúa	imìtirúa
	past	bì'adhirúa	bìtadhirúa	imì'adhirúa	imìtadhirúa
	fut.	bì'ist	bìtist	imì'ist	imìtist
	cond.	bì'adhistúa	bìtadhistúa	imì'adhistúa	imìtadhistúa
imp.		bì'	bìt	imì'	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.