bëc

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜt͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɜt͡s
• Syllabification: bëc

bëc impf (frequentative bëwac)

1. (copulative) to be indicates sameness or membership in a class
2. (copulative) to be auxilary verb used for predication
3. (intransitive) to be; to exist
4. (auxiliary) in future tense, forms future tense of imperfective verbs
5. (auxiliary) forms pluperfect tense
6. (auxiliary) forms the passive voice

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “béc”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 6
• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bëc”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 27
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “być”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “być”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “bëc”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bỳti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbət͡s/
• Rhymes: -bət͡s
• Syllabification: bëc

bëc impf (frequentative bëwac)

1. (copulative) to be indicates sameness or membership in a class
2. (copulative) to be auxilary verb used for predication
3. (intransitive) to be; to exist
4. (auxiliary) in future tense, forms future tense of imperfective verbs
5. (auxiliary) forms pluperfect tense
6. (auxiliary) forms the passive voice

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bȧ̃c”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 19