buď

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See also: bud, Bud, and búð

Czech

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uc

Etymology 1

The conjunction comes from the imperative buď, which formed from budu (“I will be”),[1] from Proto-Slavic *bǫdǫ (“I will become, I will be”), which was a future tense of *byti (“to be”).[2]

Conjunction

buď

  1. 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

  1. second-person singular imperative of být

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buď

  1. second-person singular imperative of budit

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “buď(to)”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ 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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “buď”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “buď”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The conjunction developed from the imperative form buď, from the earlier *budi, inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫdi (“be!”),[1] which was the imperative form of *bǫdǫ (the future form of *byti (“to be”)), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, to grow”).[2]

Conjunction

buď

  1. Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more or all) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by alebo (“or”) or buď as well: either
    • 1900, Jozef Gregor Tajovský, Do konca :
      Buď už bol okolo sena, alebo zvyšné kosy skúmal.
      He was either already around the hay, or was examining the remaining scythes.

Verb

buď

  1. second-person singular imperative of byť

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buď

  1. second-person singular imperative of budiť

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “buď”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 87
  2. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “budem”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 87

Further reading

  • “buď”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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