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) (there) to be

   bì'ir Gud ― God is; There is a God

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of bì (regular, i- negative)

		present	past	future
infinitive		bì	bì'adh	bì'ast
participle		bì'in	bì'a	bì'anist
		singular			plural			impersonal
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
pos.	pres.	bì'ir mic	bì'ir tic	bì'ir ha	bì'ir och	bì'ir uech	bì'ir tèr	bìscir
	past	bì'adhir mic	bì'adhir tic	bì'adhir ha	bì'adhir och	bì'adhir uech	bì'adhir tèr	bìscadhir
	fut.	bì'ist mic	bì'ist tic	bì'ist ha	bì'ist och	bì'ist uech	bì'ist tèr	bìscist
	imp.	bì'adhist mic	bì'adhist tic	bì'adhist ha	bì'adhist och	bì'adhist uech	bì'adhist tèr	bìscadhist
neg.	pres.	imì'ir mic	imì'ir tic	imì'ir ha	imì'ir och	imì'ir uech	imì'ir tèr	imìscir
	past	imì'adhir mic	imì'adhir tic	imì'adhir ha	imì'adhir och	imì'adhir uech	imì'adhir tèr	imìscadhir
	fut.	imì'ist mic	imì'ist tic	imì'ist ha	imì'ist och	imì'ist uech	imì'ist tèr	imìscist
	imp.	imì'adhist mic	imì'adhist tic	imì'adhist ha	imì'adhist och	imì'adhist uech	imì'adhist tèr	imìscadhist
cont.	pres.	i mì'ir u mic	i mì'ir u dic	i mì'ir u gha	i mì'ir u n'och	i mì'ir u n'uech	i mì'ir u dèr	i mìscir u
	past	i mì'adhir u mic	i mì'adhir u dic	i mì'adhir u gha	i mì'adhir u n'och	i mì'adhir u n'uech	i mì'adhir u dèr	i mìscadhir u
	fut.	i mì'ist u mic	i mì'ist u dic	i mì'ist u gha	i mì'ist u n'och	i mì'ist u n'uech	i mì'ist u dèr	i mìscist u
	imp.	i mì'adhist u mic	i mì'adhist u dic	i mì'adhist u gha	i mì'adhist u n'och	i mì'adhist u n'uech	i mì'adhist u dèr	i mìscadhist u
neg. cont.	pres.	i n'imì'ir u mic	i n'imì'ir u dic	i n'imì'ir u gha	i n'imì'ir u n'och	i n'imì'ir u n'uech	i n'imì'ir u dèr	i n'imìscir u
	past	i n'imì'adhir u mic	i n'imì'adhir u dic	i n'imì'adhir u gha	i n'imì'adhir u n'och	i n'imì'adhir u n'uech	i n'imì'adhir u dèr	i n'imìscadhir u
	fut.	i n'imì'ist u mic	i n'imì'ist u dic	i n'imì'ist u gha	i n'imì'ist u n'och	i n'imì'ist u n'uech	i n'imì'ist u dèr	i n'imìscist u
	imp.	i n'imì'adhist u mic	i n'imì'adhist u dic	i n'imì'adhist u gha	i n'imì'adhist u n'och	i n'imì'adhist u n'uech	i n'imì'adhist u dèr	i n'imìscadhist u
perf.	pres.	as bì'ir u mic	as bì'ir u dic	as bì'ir u gha	as bì'ir u n'och	as bì'ir u n'uech	as bì'ir u dèr	as bìscir u
	past	as bì'adhir u mic	as bì'adhir u dic	as bì'adhir u gha	as bì'adhir u n'och	as bì'adhir u n'uech	as bì'adhir u dèr	as bìscadhir u
	fut.	as bì'ist u mic	as bì'ist u dic	as bì'ist u gha	as bì'ist u n'och	as bì'ist u n'uech	as bì'ist u dèr	as bìscist u
	imp.	as bì'adhist u mic	as bì'adhist u dic	as bì'adhist u gha	as bì'adhist u n'och	as bì'adhist u n'uech	as bì'adhist u dèr	as bìscadhist u
neg. perf.	pres.	as imì'ir u mic	as imì'ir u dic	as imì'ir u gha	as imì'ir u n'och	as imì'ir u n'uech	as imì'ir u dèr	as imìscir u
	past	as imì'adhir u mic	as imì'adhir u dic	as imì'adhir u gha	as imì'adhir u n'och	as imì'adhir u n'uech	as imì'adhir u dèr	as imìscadhir u
	fut.	as imì'ist u mic	as imì'ist u dic	as imì'ist u gha	as imì'ist u n'och	as imì'ist u n'uech	as imì'ist u dèr	as imìscist u
	imp.	as imì'adhist u mic	as imì'adhist u dic	as imì'adhist u gha	as imì'adhist u n'och	as imì'adhist u n'uech	as imì'adhist u dèr	as imìscadhist 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.