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 i- for negation, appearing as imì (/ə.ˈmi/)

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	imì'ir	imìscir
	past	bì'adhir	bìscadhir	imì'adhir	imìscadhir
	fut.	bì'ist	bìscist	imì'ist	imìscist
	imp.	bì'adhist	bìscadhist	imì'adhist	imìscadhist
cont.	pres.	i mì'ir u	i mìscir u	i n'imì'ir u	i n'imìscir u
	past	i mì'adhir u	i mìscadhir u	i n'imì'adhir u	i n'imìscadhir u
	fut.	i mì'ist u	i mìscist u	i n'imì'ist u	i n'imìscist u
	imp.	i mì'adhist u	i mìscadhist u	i n'imì'adhist u	i n'imìscadhist u
perf.	pres.	as bì'ir u	as bìscir u	as imì'ir u	as imìscir u
	past	as bì'adhir u	as bìscadhir u	as imì'adhir u	as imìscadhir u
	fut.	as bì'ist u	as bìscist u	as imì'ist u	as imìscist u
	imp.	as bì'adhist u	as bìscadhist u	as imì'adhist u	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.