бы

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

§Adyghe

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəː]

§Letter

бы • (bə) (lower case, upper case Бы)

1. The second of the Adyghe Cyrillic alphabet.

§Noun

бы • (bə)

1. den
2. haunt
3. nest

§Declension

declension of бы

case	singular	plural
nominative	быр (bər)	быхэр (bəxăr)
ergative	бым (bəm)	быхэмэ (bəxămă)
instrumental	бы(м)кӏэ (bə(m)č̣̍ă)	быхэ(м)кӏэ (bəxă(m)č̣̍ă)
invertive	быу (bəw)	быхыу (bəxəw)

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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 (byti)).

§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.