bice

See also: Bice, biće, and biče

English

Alternative forms

• bise

Etymology

From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”). Doublet of beige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bice (countable and uncountable, plural bices)

1. A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
2. A cobalt blue pigment.

Derived terms

• bice blue
• bice green

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈħe/ [bɪˈħɛ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ce

Verb

bicé

1. (transitive) be able to
2. (transitive) be prepared to

Conjugation

Conjugation of bice (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	bicéh	bictéh	bicéh	bictéh	bicnéh	bicteeníh	biceeníh
	N-affirmative	bicé	bicté	bicé	bicté	bicné	bictén	bicén
	negative	mábicinniyo	mábicinnito	mábicinna	mábicinna	mábicinnino	mábicinniton	mábicinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	bicáh	bictáh	bicáh	bictáh	bicnáh	bictaanáh	bicaanáh
	N-affirmative	bicá	bictá	bicá	bictá	bicná	bictán	bicán
	negative	mábica	mábicta	mábica	mábicta	mábicna	mábictan	mábican
prospective	V-affirmative	bicéliyoh bicéyyoh	bicélitoh bicéttoh	bicéleh	bicéleh	bicélinoh bicénnoh	bicélitoonuh bicéttoonuh	bicéloonuh
	N-affirmative	bicéliyo bicéyyo	bicélito bicétto	bicéle	bicéle	bicélino bicénno	bicéliton bicétton	bicélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	bícuh	bíctuh	bícuh	bíctuh	bícuh	bictóonuh	bicóonuh
	N-affirmative	bícu	bíctu	bícu	bíctu	bícu	bictón	bicón
	negative	bicé wáyuh	bicé wáytuh	bicé wáyuh	bicé wáytuh	bicé wáynuh	bicé waytóonuh	bicé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	bicánkeh	bictánkeh	bicánkeh	bictánkeh	bicnánkeh	bictaanánkeh	bicaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	bicánke	bictánke	bicánke	bictánke	bicnánke	bictaanánke	bicaanánke
	negative	bicé wáankeh	bicé waytánkeh	bicé wáankeh	bicé waytánkeh	bicé waynánkeh	bicé waytaanánkeh	bicé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	bícay	bíctay	bícay	bíctay	bícay	bictóonay	bicóonay
	negative	bicé wáay	bicé wáytay	bicé wáay	bicé wáytay	bicé wáynay	bicé waytóonay	bicé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	bicinniyóy	bicinnitóy	bicinnáy	bicinnáy	bicinninóy	bicinnitoonúy	bicinnoonúy
	negative	bicé wanniyóy	bicé wannitóy	bicé wannáy	bicé wannáy	bicé wanninóy	bicé wannitoonúy	bicé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	bicék	bicték	bicék	bicték	bicnék	bicteeník	biceeník
	negative	bicé wéek	bicé wayték	bicé wéek	bicé wayték	bicé waynék	bicé wayteeník	bicé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	bicóo	bicnóo	imperative	affirmative	bíc	bíca
	negative	mabicóo	mabicnóo		negative	mábicin	mábicina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
bícah	bíci	bícak	bicínnuh	bicínnuk	bicíyya	bicináanih	bicináan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative bicé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative bicé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative bicé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis bicé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bice”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bicce

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiɡʲe/

Adjective

bice

1. genitive singular feminine of bec

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bice	bice pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbice
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.