být
Czech
/biːt/
verb
Definitions
- to be
- to be to exist
- (auxiliary)
- (auxiliary)
- (auxiliary)
- (auxiliary)
- (auxiliary)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byti.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*byti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- być Polish
- *byti Proto-Slavic
- dobytí Czech
- dobýt Czech
- nebýt Czech
- nedobytný Czech
- odbýt Czech
- starobylý Czech
- starý Czech
- zbylý Czech
- zbýt Czech
- biti Serbo-Croatian
- бити Serbo-Croatian
- сум Macedonian
- byť Slovak
- каб Belarusian
- biti Slovene
- бꙑти Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- бꙑти Old East Slavic
- byś Lower Sorbian
- *bū́tei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- być Upper Sorbian
- bëc Kashubian