bůst

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bósti, from Proto-Slavic *bosti, Proto-Balto-Slavic *bestei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-é-ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuːst]

Verb

bůst impf

1. (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

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

Conjugation

Infinitive	bůst, bůsti	Active adjective	bodoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	bodu	bodeme	—	boďme
2nd person	bodeš	bodete	boď	boďte
3rd person	bode	bodou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bůst.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	bodl	bodli	boden	bodeni
masculine inanimate		bodly		bodeny
feminine	bodla		bodena
neuter	bodlo	bodla	bodeno	bodena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	boda	—
feminine + neuter singular	bodouc	—
plural	bodouce	—

Further reading

• “bůsti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “bůsti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989