bić

Betekenis

Verb

1. to beat, to hit
2. to beat, to whip (e.g. cream)
3. to mint (produce coins); to forge metal
4. to beat (to be better than someone else in something)
5. to fire, to shoot
6. to damage, to tarnish
7. to slaughter, to kill an animal
8. to beat (a rhythm, such as on a drum or of the heart)
9. to ring (of a sound)
10. to take, to capture a piece (e.g. in chess)
11. to beat, to hit oneself
12. to fight (either physically or in some other competition)

Noun

genitive plural of bicie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/bit͡ɕ/

Etimologie

Inherited from Old Polish bić, from Proto-Slavic *bìti (stem *bьj-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéyh₂-ti ~ *bʰih₂-énti, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hit”). See also bicz (“whip”), bitwa (“battle”) and bój (“fight”).

Sinne

— I po co było tak bić szczeniaka? — krzywi się felczer .

— And what was the point of hitting a puppy like that? — the feldsher grins.