byť

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See also: byt, být, and by't

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech byť. By surface analysis, by +‎ -ť.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

byť

  1. (formal) although

Further reading

  • “byť”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “byť”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “byť”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

byť impf (irregular conjugation)

  1. to be

Conjugation

Conjugation of byť (irregular)
infinitive byť
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
presentsom si je sme ste sú
past masculine bol som bol si bol boli sme boli ste boli
feminine bola som bola si bola
neuter bolo som bolo si bolo
past perfect masculine bol som bol bol si bol bol bol boli sme boli boli ste boli boli boli
feminine bola som bola bola si bola bola bola
neuter bolo som bolo bolo si bolo bolo bolo
futurebudem budeš bude budeme budete budú
conditional singular plural
first second third first second third
present masculine bol by som bol by si bol by boli by sme boli by ste boli by
feminine bola by som bola by si bola by
neuter bolo by som bolo by si bolo by
past masculine bol by som býval bol by si býval bol by býval boli by sme bývali boli by ste bývali boli by bývali
feminine bola by som bývala bola by si bývala bola by bývala
neuter bolo by som bývalo bolo by si bývalo bolo by bývalo
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
present— buď — buďme buďte —
non-finite forms participles transgressive verbal noun
present active past active passive l-participle
súci — — bol, bola, bolo, boli súc bytie

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, 2003–2024
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