бꙑти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuh₂- (see Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian būti and Latvian būt. Other Indo-European cognates include Latin fuī (“I was”), Ancient Greek φύω (phúō), Sanskrit भवति (bhávati, “to become”), and Persian بودن (bûdan, “to be”).

Verb

бꙑти • (byti) ?

1. to be

Conjugation

	present	imperfective	aorist	future	imperative	perfective aorist
1st person sg	есмь	бѣахъ	бѣхъ	бѫдѫ	—	бꙑхъ
2nd person sg	еси	бѣаше	бѣ	бѫдеши	бѫди	бꙑстъ (бꙑ)
3rd person sg	естъ	бѣаше	бѣ	бѫдетъ	бѫди	бꙑстъ (бꙑ)
1st person dual	есвѣ	бѣаховѣ	бѣховѣ	бѫдевѣ	бѫдѣвѣ	бꙑховѣ
2nd person dual	еста	бѣашета	бѣста	бѫдета	бѫдѣта	бꙑста
3rd person dual	есте	бѣашете	бѣсте	бѫдете	бѫдѣте	бꙑсте
1st person pl	есмъ	бѣахомъ	бѣхомъ	бѫдемъ	бѫдѣмъ	бꙑхомъ
2nd person pl	есте	бѣашете	бѣсте	бѫдете	бѫдѣте	бꙑсте
3rd person pl	сѫтъ	бѣахѫ	бѣшѧ	бѫдѫтъ	бѫдѫ	бꙑшѧ

participles

	masculine sg	neuter sg	feminine sg
present active participle	сꙑ	сꙑ	сѫшти
resultative participle	бꙑлъ	бꙑло	бꙑла
past active participle	бꙑвъ	бꙑвъ	бꙑвъши
substantive	—	бꙑтьѥ, бꙑтиѥ	—

не бꙑти (negative conjugation)

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	нѣсмь	нѣсвѣ	нѣсмъ
2nd person	нѣси	нѣста	нѣсте
3rd person	нѣстъ	нѣсте	не сѫтъ