бігти

The infinitive and past tense forms come from Old Ruthenian бѣчи (běči), while the present tense forms come from Old Ruthenian бѣжати (běžati), from Old East Slavic бѣчи, бѣжати (běči, běžati), from Proto-Slavic *běťi and *běžati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiɦte]

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бі́гти • (bíhty) impf (perfective побі́гти)

1. to run

• The imperfective verb бі́гти (bíhty) with corresponding perfective побі́гти (pobíhty) is a unidirectional verb. Its imperfective multidirectional counterpart is бі́гати (bíhaty) with corresponding perfective побі́гати (pobíhaty).

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бігти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “бігти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “бігти”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]