buď

See also: bud, Bud, and búð

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuc]

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• Rhymes: -uc

Etymology 1

The conjunction comes from the imperative buď, which formed from budu (“I will be”), from Proto-Slavic *bǫdǫ (“I will become, I will be”), which was a future tense of *byti (“to be”).

Conjunction

buď

1. either

Usage notes

• Used in the pair buď-nebo ("either-or").
• Never used in questions, for example:

  Pojedu buď vlakem nebo autobusem. ― I'll go either by train or by bus.

  Pojedu vlakem nebo autobusem. ― I'll go by train or by bus.

  Pojedou vlakem nebo autobusem? ― Will they go by train or by bus?

Verb

buď

1. second-person singular imperative of být

Etymology 2

Verb

buď

1. second-person singular imperative of budit

Further reading

• buď in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• buď in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989