Past Imperfective
| 1st sing. | бꙑѧх; бꙑх |
| 3rd sing. | бꙑше |
| 2nd dual | бꙑвѧста |
| 3rd dual | бꙑвѧста |
| 3rd plur. | бꙑху; бꙑхѹть |
For the machine-generated forms (marked with mono-space font), C.f. имѣти, повѣдати, жити.
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | бꙑх |
| 2nd sing. | бꙑ |
| 3rd sing. | бꙑ |
| 2nd dual | бꙑста |
| 3rd dual | бꙑста |
| 1st plur. | бꙑхомъ |
| 2nd plur. | бꙑсте |
| 3rd plur. | бꙑша |
For the machine-generated forms (marked with mono-space font), C.f. повѣдати, видѣти, въселити, въписати.
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | бꙑ |
| 3rd sing. | бꙑ |
| 1st dual | бꙑвѣ |
| 2nd dual | бꙑта |
| 1st plur. | бꙑмъ |
| 2nd plur. | бꙑте |
For the machine-generated forms (marked with mono-space font), C.f. бранити, платити, тужити, веселити, величити.
Verbs conjugated like бꙑти
переступити,
расыпати,
перебыти,
възвысити,
источити,
застати,
обитати,
перельстити,
пробѣжати,
зарѣзати,
прогонити,
поносити,
исковати,
искочити,
ключити,
поломити,
настати,
зимовати,
пригвоздити,
разгнѣвити, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *byti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бꙑти (byti) and Old Polish być. See: Proto-Slavic '
*byti', Old Church Slavonic '
бꙑти'.
Verbs referencing "бꙑти"
Russian
быть, Ukrainian
бути, Belarusan
быць.
Sample Sentences
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Добро есть, братиѥ, почѥтаньѥ книжьноѥ։ паче вьсѧкомоу хрьстьꙗноу· (The reading of books is good, brothers: more so for any Christian.) [1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 1:]
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Б҃ъ ѥсть надъ всѣми вѣки. и преже бꙑтьꙗ всеꙗ твари. и преже свѣта разѵмнагѡ. (God is above all lives. And before the existance of all creation. And before the rational world.) [14th c., Merilo Pravednoye: Trinity copy, page 10:]
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Се же соуть и҆мена кнѧ̀ꙁемь кие҆вьскыⷨ кнѧжившиⷨ в кие҆вѣ. (And these are the names of the Kievan princes who ruled in Kiev.) [c. 1425, Hypatian Codex, page 7:]
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ѿкуду єсть пошла рускаꙗ ꙁемѧ. (Whence has originated the Rus land.) [1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 1:]