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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish bądź, from Proto-Slavic *bǫdi. For usage as a particle, compare Ukrainian будь-який (budʹ-jakyj) or Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ). As a conjunction, compare Hungarian vagy.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
bądź
- (literary) either, or
- Synonyms: abo, albo, czy, lub
- Antonyms: ani, i, ni, oraz
Derived terms
Particle
bądź
- any, any old
- Synonyms: byle, popadnie, lada, -kolwiek
- Położył swoje rzeczy jak bądź. ― He put his things down any which way.
Verb
bądź
- second-person singular imperative of być
Further reading
- bądź in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bądź in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bądź”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]