bist

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be +‎ -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist (“(thou) art”), Low German büst (“(thou) art”), German bist (“(thou) art”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪst === Verb === bist (UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be. Where bist goin'. Where are you going? How bist? How are you? ==== Related terms ==== bin bisn't === Anagrams === ITBS, ITBs, TBIs, bits, stib-, tibs == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === bist (obsolete or dialectal) second-person singular present of zijn == German == === Etymology === From Old High German bist. Cognate to Middle Dutch bes, best, dialectal English bist, beest. German bist has two sources: a form based on Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“(you) are (sg.)”) an initial b- that was added to the word under influence of verb forms based on Proto-Germanic *beuną (as in Old English beon) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪst/ === Verb === bist second-person singular present of sein === References === == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪst/ Rhymes: -ɪst === Verb === bist first/second-person singular perfect of bies == Middle English == === Alternative forms === beest, best === Etymology === From Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to been +‎ -est. === Verb === bist second-person singular present indicative of been ==== Usage notes ==== This form is less common than art for the second-person singular. ==== Descendants ==== English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal) == Old English == === Alternative forms === bis — Mercian beost === Verb === bist second-person singular present indicative of bēon ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bist, beest, bestEnglish: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal) == Old High German == === Verb === bist second-person singular present indicative of wesan == Tat == === Etymology === Cognate with Persian بیست (bist). === Numeral === bist twenty == Wakhi == === Etymology === From Tajik бист (bist). === Numeral === bist twenty == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪst/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Frisian bist, second person singular indicative of wesa (“to be”). Cognate with English bist, German bist. ==== Verb ==== bist second person singular indicative of wêze === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Latin bēstia. ==== Noun ==== bist n (plural bisten, diminutive bistje or bistke) animal, beast De bisten binne fuort. ― The animals are gone. ===== Alternative forms ===== beest ===== Derived terms ===== leavehearsbistke ===== Further reading ===== “beest”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 == Yaghnobi == === Numeral === bist twenty === Further reading === Emmerick, Ronald (1992), “Iranian”, in Jadranka Gvozdanović, editor, Indo-European Numerals, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 312