-быт

Yakut

Alternative forms

  • -бит (-bit), -бут (-but), -бүт (-büt), -пыт (-pıt), -пит (-pit), -пут (-put), -пүт (-püt), -мыт (-mıt), -мит (-mit), -мут (-mut), -мүт (-müt)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *-miĺ.

Suffix

-быт • (-bıt)

  1. Forms subject past participles from verbs.
  2. Forms past perfect tense

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-imiŕ.

Suffix

-быт • (-bıt)

  1. our (First-person plural possessive suffix denoting plural possession.)
    аҕа (ağa, father) + ‎-быт (-bıt) → ‎аҕабыт (ağabıt, our father)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *biŕ, used as a postposition.

Suffix

-быт • (-bıt)

  1. we are (denotes "to be" for first person plural when at the end of an object)
  2. Denotes first person plural after various tenses