buď

See also: bud, Bud, and búð

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buc/

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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

1. second-person singular imperative of být

Etymology 2

Verb

1. second-person singular imperative of budit