Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | bīties |
| Negative Infinitive | nebīties |
| Verbal Noun | bīšanās |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | bīstos |
| Sg.2 | bísties |
| Sg.3 | bīstas |
| Pl.1 | bīstamies |
| Pl.2 | bīstaties |
| Pl.3 | bīstas |
Past
| Sg.1 | bijos |
| Sg.2 | bijies |
| Sg.3 | bijās |
| Pl.1 | bijāmies |
| Pl.2 | bijāties |
| Pl.3 | bijās |
Future
| Sg.1 | bīšos |
| Sg.2 | bīsies |
| Sg.3 | bīsies |
| Pl.1 | bīsimies |
| Pl.2 | bīsities |
| Pl.3 | bīsies |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | bísties |
| Sg.3 | lai bīstas |
| Pl.1 | bīsimies |
| Pl.2 | bístieties |
| Pl.3 | lai bīstas |
Conditional
| Present | bītos |
| Past | būtu bijies |
Renarrative
| Present | bīstoties |
| Past | esot bijies |
| Future | bīšoties |
| Imperative | lai bīstoties |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jābīstas |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jābīstas |
| Conjunctive 2 | jābīstoties |
Participles
| Present Active 2 | bīdamies |
| Present Active 3 | bīstoties |
| Present Active 4 | bīstamies |
| Past Active | bijies |
Verbs conjugated like bīties
bīties,
Etymology
A contraction of the older form bijāties, itself the reflexive form of bijāt. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bajā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-eh₂-ti, from *bʰeyh₂-. Cognates include Lithuanian bijóti, bijótis (“to be afraid, to fear”), Old Prussian biātwei ([bjātvei]), present 3rd person bia (“to be afraid”) ([bija]) biāsnan (acc., compare Latvian bijāšanu), pobaiint (“to condemn”) (compare Latvian pabaidīt), Old Church Slavonic боꙗти (bojati), Russian бояться (bojatʹsja), Belarusian бая́цца (bajácca), Ukrainian боя́тися (bojátysja), Czech báti, Polish bać, Old High German bibēn (“to tremble”) (< *bʰi-bʰoy-ti, a reduplicated root), German beben, Sanskrit भयते (bháyate), Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape, monkey”) (*pithos < *bʰidʰ-os (“ugly”), probably from earlier “fearsome”), Latin foedus (“ugly, loathsome, horrible”) (< *bʰoydʰos). See: Old Prussian 'biātwei', Old Church Slavonic '
боꙗти', Russian '
бояться', Belarusan '
бая́цца', Ukrainian '
боя́тися', Polish '
bać', German, old spelling '
beben'.
Translations
fear, feel fear about (something)