быць
Belarusian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Belarusian быти (byti), from Old East Slavic бꙑти (byti), from Proto-Slavic *byti.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editбыць • (bycʹ) impf
- to be
- (auxiliary, future tense) used to form the future tense of imperfect verbs
- (auxiliary, past tense) used to form the pluperfect tense of perfect verbs
- Ён пайшо́ў быў куды́сьці ― Jon pajšóŭ byŭ kudýsʹci ― He had gone somewhere
Usage notes
edit- It is omitted in the present tense except in the third-person singular ёсць, which is used either to emphasise the existence of the subject, a predicate meaning “there is” or to express possession (English verb "to have").
- It is usually expressed in the present tense as a pause, represented in the written language by a dash after nouns (but not after pronouns). It is not used if the predicate is an adjective.
- However, the dash is not written in third person impersonal adverbial phrases.
- Other verbs such as быва́ць (byvácʹ) and стаць (stacʹ) can also be used instead.
Conjugation
editConjugation of быць
imperfective aspect | ||
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infinitive | быць bycʹ | |
participles | present tense | past tense |
active | — | — |
passive | — | — |
adverbial | бу́дучы búdučy |
бы́ўшы býŭšy |
present tense | future tense | |
1st singular я |
— | бу́ду búdu |
2nd singular ты |
— | бу́дзеш búdzješ |
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ |
ёсць joscʹ |
бу́дзе búdzje |
1st plural мы |
— | бу́дзем búdzjem |
2nd plural вы |
— | бу́дзеце búdzjecje |
3rd plural яны́ |
— | бу́дуць búducʹ |
imperative | singular | plural |
second person | будзь budzʹ |
бу́дзьце búdzʹcje |
past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
masculine я / ты / ён |
быў byŭ |
былі́ bylí |
feminine я / ты / яна́ |
была́ bylá | |
neuter яно́ |
было́ byló |
References
edit- “быць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Further reading
edit- I. I. Nosovič, editor (1870), “бы́тый”, in Slovarʹ bělorusskago narěčija[1] (in Russian), volumes 1–2, Saint Petersburg: The Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 75
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