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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

бить

[bʲitʲ]to beat

Frequency rank #942 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
бить #942

Meaning

  1. to beat
  2. to chime
  3. to churn

Examples

В на́ше вре́мя учи́тель никогда́ не бьёт ученика́.

In our time the teacher never beats the student.

бить в ладо́ши

to clap (palms), causing applause

Related

Forms by frequency

  • би́тьinfinitive#3,636
  • бе́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#4,394
  • би́лmasculine, singular, past#5,719
  • бьётsingular, 3rd person, present#9,814
  • би́лиplural, past#11,005
  • бью́тplural, 3rd person, present#12,352
  • бе́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#16,595
  • бью́singular, 1st person, present#21,334
  • би́лаfeminine, singular, past#21,493
  • бьёшьsingular, 2nd person, present#24,473
  • бью́щийpresent, participle
  • би́вшийpast, participle
  • би́тыйpast, participle
  • би́вpast, gerund

and 4 more forms

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