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Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Only attested as бьшь (bĭšĭ) in year 1220±30 or as ??шь (??šĭ) in year 1143±17. From Proto-Slavic *běaše.
Verb
бѣше • (běše)
- third-person singular imperfect of бꙑти (byti)
References
Further reading
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 715
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “§3.36. Имперфект”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 715
- “??шь (letter no. 831)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025