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Webster 1913 Edition

Bis

adv.

[L.

bis

twice, for

duis

, fr. root of

duo

two. See

Two

, and cf.

Bi-

Twice; – a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

Definition 2025

biś

See also: bis, Bis, bis-, biş, and bís

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

bisch

Verb

biś impf ‎(perfective deriś)

to hit, strike, beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of biś (imperfective)

Present	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	biju bijom	bijomej	bijomy
2nd person	bijoš	bijotej	bijośo
3rd person	bijo	bijotej	biju
Preterite	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	bijach	bijachmej	bijachmy
2nd person	bijašo	bijaštej	bijašćo
3rd person	bijašo	bijaštej	bijachu
Imperative	Singular	Dual	Plural
2nd person	bij	bijtej	bijśo

Participles

Present: bijucy
Past active (“ł-form”): bił
Past passive: bity

Infinitive: biś
Supine: bit
Verbal noun: biśe

Synonyms

praś (archaic)

Derived terms

Terms derived from biś

bijadło n ‎(“striking mechanism”)
bijak m ‎(“club, bat”)
bijaŕ m ‎(“ruffian”)
dobiś pf ‎(“to beat to death”)
nabiś pf ‎(“to nail down”)
póbiś pf ‎(“to beat down”)

pódbiś pf ‎(“to hammer down”)
pśebiś pf ‎(“to beat up”)
pśezabiś pf ‎(“to beat through”)
pśibiś pf ‎(“to nail down”)
rozbiś pf ‎(“to beat thoroughly”)
wobbiś pf ‎(“to beat”)

wobiś pf ‎(“to beat down”)
wótbiś pf ‎(“to beat down”)
wubiś pf ‎(“to beat out”)
zabiś pf ‎(“to beat in”)
zbiś pf ‎(“to beat to pieces”)