bist

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”).

• Rhymes: -ɪst

bist

1. (UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be.
   • 1875, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch:

     Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.

   • 1904, Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale:

     Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.

   Where bist goin'.

   Where are you going?

   How bist?

   How are you?

• bin
• bisn't

• ITBS, ITBs, TBIs, bits, stib-, tibs

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bist

1. (obsolete or dialectal) second-person singular present of zijn

From Old High German bist. Cognate to Middle Dutch bes, best,^[1] 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)^[2]

• IPA^(key): /bɪst/

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bist

1. second-person singular present of sein

   Du bist nicht mein Sohn.

   You are not my son.

• IPA^(key): /bɪst/

bist

1. first/second-person singular perfect of bies

• beest, best

From Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to been +‎ -est.

bist

1. second-person singular present indicative of been

This form is less common than art for the second-person singular.

• English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)

• bis — Mercian
• beost

bist

1. second-person singular present indicative of bēon

• Middle English: bist, beest, best
  • English: bist, beest (archaic or dialectal)

bist

1. second-person singular present indicative of wesan

Cognate with Persian بیست (bist).

bist

1. twenty

From Tajik бист (bist).

bist

1. twenty

• IPA^(key): /bɪst/

From Old Frisian bist, second person singular indicative of wesa (“to be”). Cognate with English bist, German bist.

bist

1. second person singular indicative of wêze

Ultimately from Latin bēstia.

bist n (plural bisten, diminutive bistje or bistke)

1. animal, beast

   De bisten binne fuort. ― The animals are gone.

• beest

• leavehearsbistke

• “beest”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

bist

1. twenty

• Ronald Emmerick (1992) “Iranian”, in Jadranka Gvozdanović, editor, Indo-European Numerals, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 312