пребывать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣбꙑвати (prěbyvati). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ быва́ть (byvátʹ). Compare Ukrainian перебува́ти (perebuváty).

Pronunciation

Verb

пребыва́ть (prebyvátʹimpf (perfective пребы́ть)

  1. (literary) to be (at some place), to stay, to remain
  2. (literary) to be (in some state or condition), to stay, to remain

Conjugation