Etymology
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Inherited from Old Czech bósti, from Proto-Slavic *bosti, Proto-Balto-Slavic *bestei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-é-ti.
Pronunciation
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bůst impf
- (archaic) Alternative form of bodat
1853, Karel Jaromír Erben, “Věštkyně”, in Kytice:Nalezli Přemysla na poli, an voly bode ostnem, pospíchaje, aby dílo své vykonal.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
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This verb is archaic. Additionally, the past participle bodl wouldn't be understood in imperfective meaning but rather as the past participle of imperfective bodnout.
Conjugation
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Conjugation
Infinitive
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bůst, bůsti
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Active adjective
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bodoucí
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Verbal noun
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Passive adjective
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The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bůst. |
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Transgressives
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present
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past
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masculine singular
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boda |
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feminine + neuter singular
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bodouc |
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plural
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bodouce |
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Further reading
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- bůsti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bůsti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989