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Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byvati.
Pronunciation
Verb
bývať impf
- (intransitive) to reside, to dwell, to live
- Synonyms: (literary) sídliť, žiť, obývať, (literary) prebývať
- Bývať v meste ― to reside in a town
- iterative of byť (“to be”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bývať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
Further reading
- “bývať”, 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