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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
быть мо́жет • (bytʹ móžet)
- (hedge, literary) Alternative form of мо́жет быть (móžet bytʹ)
1877, Всеволод Гаршин [Vsevolod Garshin], Четыре дня; English translation from Nathan Haskell Dole, transl., Four Days, 1891:Он лежи́т здесь мёртвый, окрова́вленный. Заче́м судьба́ пригнала́ его́ сюда́? Кто он? Быть мо́жет, и у него́, как у меня́, есть ста́рая мать.- On ležít zdesʹ mjórtvyj, okrovávlennyj. Začém sudʹbá prignalá jevó sjudá? Kto on? Bytʹ móžet, i u nevó, kak u menjá, jestʹ stáraja matʹ.
- He lies there dead, blood-stained. Why did Fate bring him here? Who was he? Perhaps he, like myself, had an aged mother.