пребыть

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣбꙑти (prěbyti). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ быть (bytʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

пребы́ть (prebýtʹpf (imperfective пребыва́ть)

  1. (literary) to be (at some place), to stay, to remain
  2. (literary) to be (in some state or condition), to stay, to remain

Conjugation