бия
Bulgarian
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to beat, to thrash to hit repeatedly
- (ambitransitive) to shoot to hunt and kill animals
- (intransitive) to fire, to shell to shoot at
- (ambitransitive) to beat, to ring, to throb to strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm
- (transitive) to whip, to whisk, to churn to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
- (transitive) to strike to hit or kick a ball
- (ambitransitive) to beat, to win to defeat somebody
- (intransitive) to try to say something in an indirect way
- (intransitive) to have a particular tint
- (intransitive) to shine very brightly and unpleasantly, blindingly
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *biti.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*biti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- битва Russian
- бить Russian
- пробить Russian
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- bić Polish
- *biti Proto-Slavic
- bít Czech
- бие Macedonian
- бити Ukrainian
- біць Belarusian
- бити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- biś Lower Sorbian
- bić Upper Sorbian