bij
See also: bij-
Translingual
editSymbol
editbij
See also
editAlbanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *būnja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”) (compare Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Old Armenian բուսանիմ (busanim, “to plant, germinate”), Sanskrit भुवन (bhúvana, “existence”).
Verb
editbij (aorist biva, participle birë)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editCzech
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbij
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- by (for the preposition)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch bī, from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.
Preposition
editbij
- at, with
- Bij ons is het altijd feest.
- With us it's always a party.
- by, close to
- Ik woon in een hutje bij de zee.
- I live in a little hut by the sea.
- to, towards
- Kom bij mij!
- Come to me!
- (obsolete) by, through, by means of, through the action or presence of
Declension
editPronominal adverbs of bij
Derived terms
editDescendants
editAdverb
editbij
Derived terms
editAdjective
editbij (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- caught up, not lagging behind
- Eerst leek hij te langzaam, maar nu is hij weer bij. ― First he seemed too slow, but now he has caught up again.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch bië, from Old Dutch *bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
Noun
editbij f (plural bijen, diminutive bijtje n)
- bee, insect of the clade Anthophila
Derived terms
edit- andoornbij
- asbij
- behangersbij
- bijenangel
- bijencultuur
- bijeneter
- bijengewas
- bijenhoning
- bijenhotel
- bijenhouder
- bijenhuif
- bijenjaar
- bijenkast
- bijenkolonie
- bijenkoning
- bijenkoningin
- bijenkorf
- bijenras
- bijenschans
- bijenstaat
- bijensterfte
- bijentaal
- bijenteler
- bijenvereniging
- bijenvolk
- bijenwas
- bijenwolf
- bijenwoning
- bijenziekte
- bosbesbij
- groefbij
- heggenrankbij
- hommelbij
- honingbij
- houtbij
- knautiabij
- metselbij
- ranonkelbij
- weidebij
- wikkebij
- zandbij
- zandloperbij
Descendants
editLower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbij
Polish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbij
West Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian bē, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbij c (plural bijen, diminutive bijke)
Further reading
edit- “bij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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