-небудзь

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Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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не- (nje-) +‎ будзь (budzʹ), imperative form of быць (bycʹ, to be), literally, don't be, although perhaps semantically closer to "be or not". Compare Polish bądź, Russian -нибу́дь (-nibúdʹ), Ukrainian -не́будь (-nébudʹ).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-не́будзь (-njébudzʹ)

  1. some-, any-
    Synonyms: -сь (-sʹ), -сьці (-sʹci)

Usage notes

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  • Always draws the stress of the word onto the first syllable of the suffix.
  • Certain words only have an indefinite form using -не́будзь (-njébudzʹ); for example, there exists адкуль-не́будзь (adkulʹ-njébudzʹ, from somewhere), but *адкульсьці (*adkulʹsʹci) is at least poorly attested. However, all -сьці (-sʹci) indefinite pronouns also have a -не́будзь (-njébudzʹ) variant: хто-не́будзь (xto-njébudzʹ), які-не́будзь (jaki-njébudzʹ), and so forth.

Derived terms

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References

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