būti

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Lithuanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Common Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *būtēy; present tense forms are from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (to be), suppletive stem forms derive from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuh₂- (to become) (see Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-). Compare identical situation in Old Church Slavonic бꙑти (byti). Cognate to Latvian būt.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈbuːtʲɪ]

Verb [edit]

bū́ti (third-person present tense yrà, third-person past tense bùvo)

  1. to be
  2. to exist
  3. to become

Conjugation [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Participle [edit]

būti

  1. masculine plural nominative form of būtas.