bí

• IPA^(key): /bʲiː/

From Old Irish bí, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”).

The present indicative independent affirmative analytic form is from Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).

bí (present analytic tá, future analytic beidh, verbal noun bheith)

1. (intransitive) be

• Only used with adjective or prepositional phrases as the predicate, never with noun phrases, for which the copular particle is is used instead.

Although the present dependent is generally used instead, the present independent affirmative is immune to lenition in most dialects and never would be subject to eclipsis.

• bí ann (“exist”, verb, literally “be there”)

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”).

bí f (genitive singular bí)

1. pitch, resin

Inflected forms.

bí

1. (literary) genitive singular masculine of beo (“living”)

bí m sg

1. (literary) genitive singular of beo (“living being”)

• "bí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “attá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 bí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “bí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

bí (Zhuyin ㄅㄧˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 荸
2. Pinyin transcription of 襣
3. Pinyin transcription of 魮
4. Pinyin transcription of 鼻

bí

1. third person singular and dual pronoun: he, she, it; they two
2. third person singular and dual possessive pronoun: his, hers, its; theirs (for two people)
   • 1995, Goossen, Irvy, Diné Bizaad: Speak, Read, Write Navajo, Salina Bookshelf, →ISBN, page 73:

     Łį́į́łgaii éí shicheii bí.

     The white horse is my grandfather's.

• daabí

• IPA^(key): /bʲiː/

Inflected forms of at·tá, derived from Proto-Celtic *buyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

• bii

·bí

1. second-person singular consuetudinal present indicative conjunct of at·tá
2. third-person singular consuetudinal present indicative conjunct of at·tá

bí

1. second-person singular imperative of at·tá

The following forms are descended from the imperative:

• Irish: bí
• Manx: bee
• Scottish Gaelic: bi

Inflected form of benaid.

bí (absolute), ·bí (conjunct)

1. third-person singular preterite absolute and conjunct of benaid

See the etymology of the main entry.

bí

1. inflection of béo:
   1. vocative and genitive singular masculine
   2. accusative and dative singular feminine
   3. genitive singular neuter
   4. nominative plural masculine

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɪj˦˥]

From Proto-Vietic *k-biːrʔ ~ *k-piːrʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cpiir (“pumpkin”); cognate with Muong pỉl, proto-Monic *cmpiir (modern Mon သ္ပဳ (həpɔe, “pumpkin”)).

(classifier cây, trái, quả) bí (𦷬)

1. pumpkin
2. other plants in the Cucurbitaceae family

Sino-Vietnamese word from 祕.

bí

1. (only in compounds) mysterious, secret, unknown

bí

1. (informal or slang) to not know

   Cái đó thì bí.

   I don't know about that.