byť

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See also: byt, být, and by't

Czech

Pronunciation

Conjunction

byť

  1. (formal) although

Further reading

  • byť in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • byť in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • byť in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei.

Pronunciation

Verb

byť impf (irregular conjugation)

  1. to be

Conjugation

Further reading

  • byť”, 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, 2024