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

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)

infinitive		bì(thich)
pres. part.		bìthin
past part.		bìthadh
		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.	bìthireu	bìtireu	imìthireu	imìtireu
	past	bìthadhireu	bìtadhireu	imìthadhireu	imìtadhireu
	fut.	bìthisteu	bìtisteu	imìthisteu	imìtisteu
	cond.	bìthadhisteu	bìtadhisteu	imìthadhisteu	imìtadhisteu
perf.	pres.	bìthiriò	bìtiriò	imìthiriò	imìtiriò
	past	bìthadhiriò	bìtadhiriò	imìthadhiriò	imìtadhiriò
	fut.	bìthistiò	bìtistiò	imìthistiò	imìtistiò
	cond.	bìthadhistiò	bìtadhistiò	imìthadhistiò	imìtadhistiò
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.