бы

See also Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bəː]

Letter

бы (lower case, upper case Бы)

1. The second of the Adyghe Cyrillic alphabet.

Noun

бы

1. den
2. haunt
3. nest

Declension

declension of бы

case	singular	plural
nominative	быр	быхэр
ergative	бым	быхэмэ
instrumental	бы(м)кIэ	быхэ(м)кIэ
invertive	быу	быхыу

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Russian

Etymology

The word was the third-person singular aorist of быть (to be), an otherwise obsolete Russian tense (see Old Church Slavonic бꙑти).

Pronunciation

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Particle

бы (by)

1. A verbal particle used to render conditional and subjunctive patterns

   Я говори́л — I spoke

   Я бы говори́л — I would (should) have spoken; I would speak; I might speak

Usage notes

• The word is often shortened to б (b).
• The particle may come after or precede the verb it is targeting.