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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The conjunction comes from the imperative buď, which formed from budu (“I will be”), from Proto-Slavic *bǫdǫ (“I will become, I will be”), which was a future tense of *byti (“to be”).
Conjunction
buď
- either
Usage notes
- Used in the pair buď-nebo ("either-or").
- Never used in questions, for example:
- Pojedu buď vlakem nebo autobusem. ― I'll go either by train or by bus.
- Pojedu vlakem nebo autobusem. ― I'll go by train or by bus.
- Pojedou vlakem nebo autobusem? ― Will they go by train or by bus?
Verb
buď
- second-person singular imperative of být
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
buď
- second-person singular imperative of budit
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “buď(to)”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 103
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “budu”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 103
Further reading
- buď in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- buď in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- buď in Internetová jazyková příručka