bývať

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byvati.

Pronunciation

Verb

bývať impf

  1. (intransitive) to reside, to dwell, to live
    Synonyms: (literary) sídliť, žiť, obývať, (literary) prebývať
    Bývať v mesteto reside in a town
  2. iterative of byť (to be)

Conjugation

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